{"id":124498,"date":"2022-10-26T17:42:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T17:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/26\/us-allies-warn-decisive-response-if-north-korea-tests-nuke\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:14:22","slug":"us-allies-warn-decisive-response-if-north-korea-tests-nuke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/10\/26\/us-allies-warn-decisive-response-if-north-korea-tests-nuke\/","title":{"rendered":"US, allies warn decisive response if North Korea tests nuke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOKYO \u2014 Officials from the United States and its Asian allies Japan and South Korea suspect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/10\/06\/north-korea-flies-planes-near-south-korea-after-missile-launches\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Korea<\/a> is preparing for a nuclear test, and vice foreign ministers from the three countries said Wednesday their joint response would be \u201cdecisive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cho Hyundong, South Korea\u2019s First Vice Foreign Minister, said the trio is bolstering their defense cooperation to deter the growing possibility of North Korea\u2019s use of nuclear weapons since the adoption in September of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/09\/09\/north-korea-says-it-will-never-give-up-nukes-to-counter-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">legislation spelling out scenarios where it would use nukes<\/a>, including preemptively.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/10\/10\/north-korea-confirms-simulated-use-of-nukes-to-wipe-out-enemies\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22283020195515.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">North Korea confirms simulated use of nukes to \u2018wipe out\u2019 enemies<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea says its recent missile launches were the simulated use of its tactical battlefield nuclear weapons to \u201chit and wipe out\u201d potential targets.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea\u2019s new nuclear policy is \u201ccreating a serious tension on the Korean Peninsula,\u201d Cho told a joint news conference after talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Mori.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSouth Korea and the U.S. will step up their extended deterrence by utilizing all the elements of the national power and show an overwhelming, decisive response to any use of a nuclear weapon by North Korea,\u201d Cho said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022 alone, North Korea has launched more than 20 ballistic missiles at unprecedented pace, including one that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/10\/03\/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-that-flew-over-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\">overflew northern Japan<\/a>&nbsp;in early October. It has also fired a barrage of artilleries toward the south in response to South Korea\u2019s joint military exercises with the United States, which Pyongyang views as a practice to invade the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sherman, during her meeting with Cho on Tuesday ahead of the three-way talks, criticized North Korea\u2019s military actions as \u201cirresponsible, dangerous and destabilizing\u201d and said the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/technology-japan-united-states-tokyo-south-korea-7397d3c81ecc6ceff76a4f0ffe25ec24\" target=\"_blank\">United States will fully use its military capabilities<\/a>, including nuclear, as she warned North Korea against escalating its provocations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sherman stressed again Wednesday that the cooperation among the three countries are \u201cironclad,\u201d citing signs of Japan and South Korea improving their troubled ties over historical wartime-related disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is so much we can achieve and are achieving when our countries work together,\u201d Sherman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the second in-person meeting of the three officials since conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol took office in May, signaling an improvement in difficult ties between Tokyo and Seoul. 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