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@article{ART002524680},
author={Kang-nyeong Kim},
title={North Korea's Nuclear Strategy: Its Type Characteristics and Prospects},
journal={Korea and Global Affairs},
issn={2508-8300},
year={2017},
volume={1},
number={2},
pages={171-208},
doi={10.22718/kga.2017.1.2.007}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kang-nyeong Kim
TI - North Korea's Nuclear Strategy: Its Type Characteristics and Prospects
JO - Korea and Global Affairs
PY - 2017
VL - 1
IS - 2
PB - Korea Institute of Politics and Society
SP - 171
EP - 208
SN - 2508-8300
AB - This paper is to analyze the type characteristics and prospects of the North Korean nuclear strategy. To this end, the paper is composed of 5 chapters titled introduction; the concept and type of nuclear strategy; the nuclear capabilities of North Korea and the declarative nuclear strategy; the operational characteristics and prospects of the North Korean nuclear strategy; and conclusion. Recently, the deployment of nuclear weapons and the enhancement of nuclear capabilities in North Korea have raised serious problems in our security and military preparedness. Nuclear strategy means military strategy related to the organization, deployment and operation of nuclear weapons. The study of North Korea's nuclear strategy begins with a very realistic assumption that the nuclear arsenal of North Korea has been substantiated. It is a measure based on North Korea's nuclear arsenal that our defense authorities present the concepts of preemptive attack, missile defense, and mass retaliation as countermeasures against the North Korean nuclear issue and are in the process of introducing and deploying them. The declared nuclear declaration strategy of the DPRK is summarized as: ①Nuclear deterrence and retaliation strategy under the (North Korea's) Nuclear Weapons Act, ②Nuclear preemptive aggression, ③The principle of 'no first use' of nuclear weapons in the 7th Congress. And the intentions and operational characteristics of the North Korean nuclear strategy are as follows: ①Avoiding blame through imitation of existing nuclear state practices, ②Favoring of nuclear strategy through declarative nuclear strategy, ③Non-settlement of nuclear strategy due to gap between nuclear capability and nuclear posture. North Korea has declared itself a nuclear-weapon state through the revised Constitution(2012.7), the Line of ‘Construction of the Nuclear Armed Forces and the Economy’(2013.3), and the Nuclear Weapons Act(2013.4). However, the status of "nuclear nations" can only be granted by the NPT, which is already a closed system. Realistically, a robust ROK-US alliance and close US-ROK cooperation are crucial to curbing and overcoming the North Korean nuclear threat we face. On this basis, it is essential not only to deter North Korea's nuclear attacks, but also to establish and implement our own short-term, middle-term and long-term political and military countermeasures for North Korea's denuclearization and disarmament.
KW - North Korea's Nuclear Strategy;Nuclear Capability;Nuclear Preemptive Attack;ROK-US Alliance;North Korea‘s Denuclearization
DO - 10.22718/kga.2017.1.2.007
ER -

Kang-nyeong Kim. (2017). North Korea's Nuclear Strategy: Its Type Characteristics and Prospects. Korea and Global Affairs, 1(2), 171-208.

Kang-nyeong Kim. 2017, "North Korea's Nuclear Strategy: Its Type Characteristics and Prospects", Korea and Global Affairs, vol.1, no.2 pp.171-208. Available from: doi:10.22718/kga.2017.1.2.007

Kang-nyeong Kim "North Korea's Nuclear Strategy: Its Type Characteristics and Prospects" Korea and Global Affairs 1.2 pp.171-208 (2017) : 171.

Kang-nyeong Kim. North Korea's Nuclear Strategy: Its Type Characteristics and Prospects. 2017; 1(2), 171-208. Available from: doi:10.22718/kga.2017.1.2.007

Kang-nyeong Kim. "North Korea's Nuclear Strategy: Its Type Characteristics and Prospects" Korea and Global Affairs 1, no.2 (2017) : 171-208.doi: 10.22718/kga.2017.1.2.007

Kang-nyeong Kim. North Korea's Nuclear Strategy: Its Type Characteristics and Prospects. Korea and Global Affairs, 1(2), 171-208. doi: 10.22718/kga.2017.1.2.007

Kang-nyeong Kim. North Korea's Nuclear Strategy: Its Type Characteristics and Prospects. Korea and Global Affairs. 2017; 1(2) 171-208. doi: 10.22718/kga.2017.1.2.007

Kang-nyeong Kim. North Korea's Nuclear Strategy: Its Type Characteristics and Prospects. 2017; 1(2), 171-208. Available from: doi:10.22718/kga.2017.1.2.007

Kang-nyeong Kim. "North Korea's Nuclear Strategy: Its Type Characteristics and Prospects" Korea and Global Affairs 1, no.2 (2017) : 171-208.doi: 10.22718/kga.2017.1.2.007