美 핵태세보고서 "북, 핵 사용 시 정권 종말"
The United States Wednesday released its 2022 National Defense Strategy.
The document includes Washington's nuclear policies and posture amid growing threats around the world.
Song Yoo-jin has the details.
With concerns over the possibility of North Korea going ahead with its seventh nuclear test, the United States released its latest National Defense Strategy report on Wednesday local time.
Released by the Department of Defense, the report outlines the country's security priorities, with the Nuclear Posture Review and the Missile Defense Review.
The Nuclear Posture Review describes Washington's nuclear strategy, policy, posture, and military capabilities with the goal of acting as a safe, secure, and effective deterrent.
The document sent a stern warning to Pyeongyang.
Though it didn't recognize the North as a rival on the same scale as China and Russia, the report evaluated the regime as a persistent, growing threat to the U.S. and the Indo-Pacific region, with its expanding, diversifying, and improving nuclear capabilities.
It then warned that any nuclear attack by North Korea against the U.S., its allies, and partners will result in the "end of that regime".
And to dampen the risk of a nuclear conflict, the report reaffirmed a cooperative approach, such as building on already-existing deterrence dialogues.
The U.S. could periodically hold trilateral senior-level talks with South Korea, Japan, or a quadrilateral one, with Australia added.
In terms of Washington's policy toward the North, the U.S. is seemingly taking a carrot-and-stick approach.
It will approach Pyeongyang in a calibrated, diplomatic way, but at the same time, will continue to press the regime to comply with United Nations Security Council Resolutions and return to denuclearization talks.
The UNSC resolutions ban North Korea from testing or launching ballistic missiles.
The report also mentioned China and Russia as posing greater nuclear threats and in response, will come up with tailored, country-specific approaches.
Song Yoo-jin, Arirang News.
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2022-10-28, 09:00 (KST)
