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[WHY] Why does North Korea keep firing missiles?

A growing consensus is that the North’s missiles are as much intended to advance the credibility of its deterrence capabilities as they are to achieve the regime’s stated objective of forcing the United States to withdraw from the Korean Peninsula.

2023.12.23

Nuclear policy experts Adam Mount, second from left, and Toby Dalton, third from left, speak at a roundtable discussion moderated by Korea Pro Editorial Director Kim Jeong-min, far left, at the Four Seasons Hotel in central Seoul on Thursday afternoon. [MICHAEL LEE]

Conventional capabilities, nuclear ambiguity key to U.S. extended deterrence, say experts

Nuclear policy experts speaking at a Thursday afternoon roundtable emphasized that South Korea's conventional capabilities and U.S. ambiguity regarding nuclear weapons use form the core of Washington’s extended deterrence commitment to Seoul.

2023.12.7

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[WHY] Why does North Korea keep firing missiles?

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