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Seoul estimates N. Korea has '80-120' nukes: defense minister

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 6d ago
638 distinct posts / 48h, matching Korea 637 Seoul 17
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7d ago “Worst case scenario”? You mean like having all the artillery on the NK side start bombarding Seoul? Yes folks, the FRIGGIN CAPITAL is within range of the guns massed at the border. THAT kinda wors… ×2 -9.0
7d ago Seoul urged uninterrupted transfer of wartime operational control from the US and accelerated nuclear-powered submarine acquisition after Trump cut joint drills. -1.5
7d ago CUCK WITHOUT A SOUL SELLS OUT SEOUL He punished a 70-year ally for refusing to join one illegal war, then rewarded the dictator pointing nukes at the rest of us. Written from inside missile range. … -8.5
7d ago They could do a threesome: US nukes Tehran, Russia does Kiev, and NK does Seoul. The true axis of evil becomes apparent. We are the baddies. -8.0
7d ago the official reason for cutting the south korea drills is cost. per reuters it's that seoul wouldn't help hit iran. so decades of deterrence on a nuclear peninsula becomes a loyalty test: you don't… ×2 -6.0
7d ago CUCK WITHOUT A SOUL SELLS OUT SEOUL He punished a 70-year ally for refusing to join one illegal war, then rewarded the dictator pointing nukes at the rest of us. Written from inside missile range. … -8.5
7d ago Seoul will leave the non proliferation treaty and produce nukes. What other choice have they got? The American umbrella is gone. They could seek advice in Europe. We are facing the same dilemma, al… ×4 -6.0
7d ago According to government officials in Seoul, the Kremlin has supplied two to three nuclear-powered submarine propulsion units so far in 2025 @ms.now @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social moderndiplomacy.e… -2.5
8d ago #Trump cuts #South #Korea military drills, citing #Seoul's 'failure' on Iran's nuclear program. An interesting new benchmark for US 'allies': your defense now hinges on unrelated geopolitical favor… ×2 -6.0
8d ago As I have said before while stationed in Seoul when North Korea fired missiles towards South Korea & those of us who were close to the border actually thought we were now at war bc we heard explosi… ×2 -6.5
8d ago If Iran is a threat, surely North Korea is one. Even without nukes, they have enough long-range artillery aimed at Seoul to turn it into Dresden in the first few hours of a war. ×2 -5.5
8d ago How about French participation in a nuclear umbrella? Whadaya think about that, Seoul? +0.5
8d ago His attitude is going to make the ROK and Japan to get their own nukes because they can't rely on Drumpf. US and ROK decided to move almost all US Army troops south of Seoul to Cp Humphreys years… -6.5
6d ago FORMAN (2/x): ...so their missiles becoming longer-range, more accurate. Russia received ammunition, troops, missiles. In return, North Korea gets money, and technical know-how. If I were in Sou… -7.0
7d ago With the last few years, we have learned from Iran, North Korea and Ukraine that giving up WMDs is inviting invasion. Whilst having them, or being close allies with a nuclear state, keeps your sov… -4.0
7d ago north korea proving once again that the best way to keep the united states from bombing you again is to get nukes and invest everything into your military and also get nukes. it sucks but they hav… -5.0
7d ago The reason given is that the US would not be part of the SE Asia exercises is that South Korea would not back the US to keep nuclear weapons out of Iran. Ignoring the problem, South Korea is faced … -2.5
7d ago If I were the leader of Iran, building a nuke would be my #1 priority. Reference North Korea. -5.5
7d ago To be clear the US is currently at war with Iran because it might one day be a nuclear state but it welcomes North Korea to be a nuclear actor. Make it make sense. I mean other than Iran doesn’t … -7.0
7d ago Yeah, amd also now, do North Korea. Is there a strong ANTI-NUKE POLICY in connection with THAT ROGUE NUKE NATION -6.5
7d ago Trump says Kim Jong Un responded “very positively” to his outreach, but won’t say how, or whether they’ve spoken directly. Kim is nuclear-armed, backed by Moscow, and his troops are returning from … -5.0
7d ago “We’re at war with Iran, a nuclear-threshold state,” Robert Litwak, a scholar from GWU, said. “But with North Korea we are placating a dictator who can target the U.S. homeland with nuclear weapons… -7.0
7d ago Well it will enable North Korea to scale up their nuclear arsenal, defense, and attack tactics. Trump is a fucking dictator tyrant. His love for the other dictators, is disgraceful and disgusting! … -8.0
7d ago Trump has tried unsuccessfully to project patience, saying he was “not in a hurry” to secure a deal, claiming that his central goal has been preventing Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon [which … -4.0
7d ago Look at how Trump treats nuclear armed Russia, N Korea Given he's stuck in a certain era, is he terrified of being nuked? Is he this simple? -6.5
7d ago I’m sure that it’s just a coincidence that Trump himself said he’d tried to get $ off South Korea and that the real reason for this overture was to flatter them into giving up their nukes. -6.0
7d ago Prez Felon is pals with Putin & Russia, Xi & China, Kim Jung Un & North Korea. If he'll just become pals with Iran's Supreme leader, they can have a nuke, we can get the Strait of Hormuz open and w… -6.5
7d ago Is Trump now planning to sell nuclear warheads to North Korea? -7.0
7d ago President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday called for the transfer of wartime operational control (Opcon) to proceed without disruption during his term and urged faster progress on a nuclear-powered submar… +1.5
7d ago He has done nothing to curtail North Korea’s nuclear program. At the same time that Trump is fighting a war in Iran that he claims will prevent nuclear proliferation, he’s bestowing a favor on Nort… -6.0

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T3 Seoul estimates N. Korea has '80-120' nukes: defense minister nuclear_weapons koreaherald.com threatening, alarming, uncertain
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