@article{ART003388351},
author={문수빈 and Roh Young-Koo},
title={The ROK’s Military Strategy and Force Enhancement Planning Against North Korean Nuclear Threats Around the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis},
journal={military history},
issn={1598-317X},
year={2026},
number={140},
pages={559-600}
TY - JOUR
AU - 문수빈
AU - Roh Young-Koo
TI - The ROK’s Military Strategy and Force Enhancement Planning Against North Korean Nuclear Threats Around the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis
JO - military history
PY - 2026
VL - null
IS - 140
PB - Military History Institute, MND
SP - 559
EP - 600
SN - 1598-317X
AB - This study examines the ROK defense authorities’ perception of North Korea’s nuclear threat and their military strategy and force planning around the first North Korean nuclear crisis (late 1980s–mid-1990s). Cross-examining official defense publications, policy reports, and memoirs, it highlights the ROK military’s proactive responses, which have received limited attention in diplomatic histories. Amid concerns over possible U.S. troop reductions, the defense authorities pursued self-reliant defense by developing a deterrence-by-denial paradigm that combined active defense with multilayered missile defense. Through “limited defense sufficiency,” this strategy sought to reduce the likelihood of a successful North Korean attack, limit its military effects, and manage escalation risks. Despite institutional and technological constraints, the ROK military also pursued future strategic capabilities in surveillance and reconnaissance, missiles, missile defense, and nuclear-powered submarines. These efforts are historically significant as they provided an intellectual and conceptual foundation for today’s independent ROK “Three-Axis System.”
KW - First North Korean Nuclear Crisis;Deterrence by Denial;Limited Defense Sufficiency;Force Enhancement Planning;ROK Three-Axis System
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문수빈 and Roh Young-Koo. (2026). The ROK’s Military Strategy and Force Enhancement Planning Against North Korean Nuclear Threats Around the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis. military history, 140, 559-600.
문수빈 and Roh Young-Koo. 2026, "The ROK’s Military Strategy and Force Enhancement Planning Against North Korean Nuclear Threats Around the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis", military history, no.140, pp.559-600.
문수빈, Roh Young-Koo "The ROK’s Military Strategy and Force Enhancement Planning Against North Korean Nuclear Threats Around the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis" military history 140 pp.559-600 (2026) : 559.
문수빈, Roh Young-Koo. The ROK’s Military Strategy and Force Enhancement Planning Against North Korean Nuclear Threats Around the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis. 2026; 140 : 559-600.
문수빈 and Roh Young-Koo. "The ROK’s Military Strategy and Force Enhancement Planning Against North Korean Nuclear Threats Around the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis" military history no.140(2026) : 559-600.
문수빈; Roh Young-Koo. The ROK’s Military Strategy and Force Enhancement Planning Against North Korean Nuclear Threats Around the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis. military history, 140, 559-600.
문수빈; Roh Young-Koo. The ROK’s Military Strategy and Force Enhancement Planning Against North Korean Nuclear Threats Around the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis. military history. 2026; 140 559-600.
문수빈, Roh Young-Koo. The ROK’s Military Strategy and Force Enhancement Planning Against North Korean Nuclear Threats Around the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis. 2026; 140 : 559-600.
문수빈 and Roh Young-Koo. "The ROK’s Military Strategy and Force Enhancement Planning Against North Korean Nuclear Threats Around the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis" military history no.140(2026) : 559-600.
