All new ties (including missile) between the United States and South Korea
Biden's United States pushed for broader, multi-pronged cooperation with South Korea. The point of Giuseppe Gagliano
Since US President Joe Biden took office in January, the White House has pushed for broader cooperation with South Korea on multiple fronts: 5G-related infrastructure, semiconductors, and supply chains.
ELIMINATE MISSILE RESTRICTIONS
Precisely for this reason, the United States and South Korea have agreed to lift ten-year restrictions on the range of missiles that Seoul possesses, allowing it to hit targets far beyond the Korean peninsula. Four months later, South Korea confirmed it had launched a ballistic missile from a submarine, making it the first non-nuclear power with such capabilities.
THE PURPOSE
By lifting restrictions on missile development and allowing South Korea to develop medium- and long-range missiles, the Biden administration brought South Korea into its perimeter and used the alliance with South Korea to contain China. and its ally, North Korea.
NOT ONLY SEMICONDUCTORS
In this regard, the recent launch of ballistic missiles by North Korea represents an obvious military threat for American analysts. In essence, South Korea is not only an indispensable nation for the United States in the context of semiconductors .
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/stati-uniti-corea-del-sud-cooperazione/ on Tue, 02 Nov 2021 07:55:57 +0000.