Pentagon Has Given President Trump Nine Military Options Against North Korea

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Evening Standard: US defence chiefs 'have created nine options for use of military force against North Korea'

US defence chiefs have drawn up nine options for military action against Kim Jong-un’s North Korea to destroy its nuclear weapons threat, the Evening Standard has been told.

They escalate to different levels of intensity and could be pre-emptive or retaliatory, and could be ordered by Donald Trump in response to an attack on the US Pacific naval base on Guam or American allies such as Japan or South Korea.

However, all of them risk triggering a devastating response by Pyongyang against South Korea, using conventional weapons. At least one senior Whitehall figure is concerned that there may be a shift in Washington towards military action.

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WNU Editor: No details on what those 9 military options to destroy North Korea's nuclear threat are .... but one can only imagine what they are.

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