Following the withdrawal of nuclear weapons from South Korea in 1991, the US military has reorganized its nuclear planning against North Korea. Nuclear strike planning in support of operation plans (OPLAN) and other contingencies has been transferred to the 4th Fighter Wing based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. In case the […]
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TMD Planning In Korea
This page describes an 1998 7th Air Force briefing on Theater Missile Defense (TMD) in Korea. The document was partially declassified and released under the Freedom of Information Act and describes the TMD “strategy we are employing on the Korean Peninsula.” The briefing examines how the US detects and warns CFC (Korean-US Combined Forces Command) […]
US Post-Cold War Nuclear Planning in Korea
Following the ending of the Cold War and the withdrawal of nuclear weapons from South Korea, US planning has continued for nuclear strike missions against North Korea. Delivery of non-strategic bombs is now the responsibility of fighter wings based in the continental United States. In 1998, for example, F-15E fighter bombers of the 4th Fighter […]
Withdrawal of US Nuclear Weapons from Korean Peninsula
As a result of President Bush’s unilateral disarmament initiatives in 1991, all U.S. nuclear weapons were withdrawn from South Korea. Yet U.S. authorities have never publicly confirmed the withdrawal from the Peninsula, and rumors have persisted — particularly in North and South Korea — that nuclear weapons might still be present. This excerpt from the […]
US-Korean Nuclear Relations
The Korean peninsula has played a central role in US nuclear planning since the Korean War. Cold War nuclear deployments in South Korea by the United States are documented in the article “Where They Were.” Examples of modern planning are available here. FOIA Documents >> Post-Cold War nuclear planning >> US nuclear strike training and […]
Nuclear Strike Training and Nuclear Certification at Kunsan Air Base in 1991
This excerpt from the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing history for the period January-June 1991 shows how U.S. pilots stationed at Kunsan Air Base underwent nuclear weapons and other fighter-bomber strike training. The document also describes that the weapons division at the base passed special Air Force training and inspections to be certified to store and […]