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Nuclear Brief September 28, 2005 Korea and U.S. Nuclear Weapons
On September 19, 2005, the Bush administration affirmed in a
Joint
Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks that "it has no
nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula and has no intention to
attack...[North Korea] with nuclear...weapons." In the same statement, the
South Korean government affirmed that "there exist no nuclear weapons
within its territory."
The
Korean Peninsula plays an important part in the history and future
planning for U.S. nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons were deployed in
South Korea for 33 years, withdrawn in late 1991, but U.S. nuclear strike planning against North Korea continues
today and likely will continue until a denuclearization of North Korea
has been verified. To view information about these three phases, see:
