President Donald Trump says he has given the go-ahead for Japan and South Korea to buy a ‘substantially increased amount’ of sophisticated military equipment from the United States.
‘I am allowing Japan & South Korea to
buy a substantially increased amount of highly sophisticated military
equipment from the United States,’ Trump tweeted on Monday.
The move comes amid high tensions over
North Korea’s latest nuclear test. The U.S. is weighing a number of
military, economic and diplomatic responses.
The White House said that in a phone call
with South Korean’s president on Monday, Trump gave approval ‘in
principle’ to lifting previous restrictions on South Korean missile
payloads.
President Donald Trump seems to be preparing for war and he’s just
announced the sale of a substantially increased amount of highly
sophisticated military equipment to United States allies, Japan and
South Korea.
The administration is also approving ‘many billions’ in weapons sales to South Korea.
South Korea is considering moving US
‘tactical nuclear bombs’ back on to its territory after Kim Jong-un’s
hydrogen bomb test, it has emerged.
North Korea staged its sixth nuclear test
on Sunday, estimated to be up to ten times more powerful than the device
dropped on Hiroshima.
Seoul has been ramping up its defenses in
response, with some officials even considering asking the United States
to bring back tactical nuclear weapons – a generation after their
removal from the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea also said it was talking to
Washington about deploying aircraft carriers and strategic bombers to
the Korean peninsula.
It comes as one of Kim Jong-un’s top
diplomats said on Tuesday it was ready to send ‘more gift packages’ to
the United States – a reference to its nuclear test.
See his recent tweets below…— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2017
I am allowing Japan & South Korea to buy a substantially increased amount of highly sophisticated military equipment from the United States
Make no mistake, we are going to put the interest of AMERICAN CITIZENS FIRST!The forgotten men & women will no longer be forgotten
