North Korea's quest for a nuclear weapons capability has posed a serious threat to the security of East Asia. As evidence builds up of technical advances in the North's nuclear programme, South Korea is increasingly alarmed. Pressures are growing in the South for a nuclear weapons programme and a pre-emptive strike against the North's facilities. In Japan, too, advocates of nuclear weaponry are pointing to Pyongyang to justify their stand. In this book, the authors assess the state of the North's programme, the South's non-military nuclear effort and its potential convertability to military purposes, the role of nuclear weapons in American and South Korean strategy, arms control scenarios for Korea and American policy options.
- ISBN10 0870030175
- ISBN13 9780870030178
- Publish Date September 1992
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Brookings Institution
- Format Paperback
- Pages 110
- Language English