I think the end is the most relevant part; this has more to do with SK making noises about getting their own nukes than anything else. I just can't take any statement about NK being a "threat to global security" seriously.
Vietnam is not and will never be a U.S. ally, they specifically have a policy where they try to be friendly with both sides as to avoid any sort of conflict whatsoever.
They errrm, recently purged all their pro-west politicians and replaced them with Soviet educated ones, starting with their number 2 man the president.
That is after their number 1 man the party secretary travelled to China and referred to China as "comrade plus brother" in front of Xi.
>There is evidence that aligning both with the US and Soviet Union against China and France was Ho Chi Min's original vision before Truman pivoted US policy back to aligning with European interests and the postwar cold war communist vs anticommunist paradigm cemented.
Ho Chi Min died in the 60s, his "original vision" has zero bearing on the current policymakers in charge of Vietnam.
>Pretty much all of Vietnamese history is dealing with a Chinese threat, and despite what France, the US, and Japan have done to Vietnam those are blips compared to the historical antagonism with China.
Events that happened 595 years ago (at the latest) again have no bearing on the geopolitical reality of 2022. China is Vietnam's largest economic and trade partner, as well as a major member of the BRI (to the point where they have their own initiative called "Two Corridors, One Belt"). Vietnam has also affirmed several times they will not side against China. On the topic of the islands, you also have to realise that those islands are simultaneously claimed by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brunei, and the Philippines, the conflict over the islands is multi-pronged and extremely complex, not to mention mostly trivial against the backdrop of larger geopolitical and geostrategic concerns.
>Vietnam's situation with China has only gotten more dire for Vietnam and the only obvious countries are India, Japan and the US that would want to help Vietnam to antagonize China
Vietnam has no want nor goal to antagonise China, and has in fact gone out of the way to avoid doing so. When the U.S. VP visited Vietnam, they assured the Chinese they were firmly on their side and would not side against them. Not to mention that to this day Vietnam's largest security partner is Russia.
Any of this bluster about Vietnam being a supposed U.S. ally is tantamount to delusion.
I think the main reason why they talk about North Korea being a threat to global security is purely becuase they have nukes. If we were talking purely conventional, they wouldn't pose that much of a threat beyond the potential of smuggling weapons to terrorists or that ilk. But with nukes, it gains a whole other level.
DPRK nukes serve more a domestic goal in giving the Workers Party essentially an excuse to move away from Songun towards Nation Building/Poverty Reduction development. You don't need to pour all your money into the military when you have a Nuke.
The other thing is they're just kind of a brazen fuck you to the US for Bill Clinton's short sightedness in the bad faith he engaged with in terms of the 1994 Nuclear Agreement (Agreed Framework) because "lol we thought North Korea would collapse in like a week so why bother adhere to the agreement?" This royally pissed off the North Koreans since they publically just blew up all their reactors on broadcast video with US inspectors present.
ROK, ROC, and Japan all have domestic military industries that have produced ballistic and cruise missiles, among other aerospace things. Japan and Taiwan have put satellites in orbit, Japan has put a rover on an asteroid.
Japan has more weapons grade plutonium than they know what to do with. Korea could make nukes pretty quickly, load them on their ballistic missile subs.
>advanced
[missiles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grsEXqqr3Do&ab_channel=WarLeaks-MilitaryBlog)
Pretty advanced, especially since SK needs accuracy to target command structures in NK.
I think the end is the most relevant part; this has more to do with SK making noises about getting their own nukes than anything else. I just can't take any statement about NK being a "threat to global security" seriously.
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Vietnam is not and will never be a U.S. ally, they specifically have a policy where they try to be friendly with both sides as to avoid any sort of conflict whatsoever.
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They errrm, recently purged all their pro-west politicians and replaced them with Soviet educated ones, starting with their number 2 man the president. That is after their number 1 man the party secretary travelled to China and referred to China as "comrade plus brother" in front of Xi.
>There is evidence that aligning both with the US and Soviet Union against China and France was Ho Chi Min's original vision before Truman pivoted US policy back to aligning with European interests and the postwar cold war communist vs anticommunist paradigm cemented. Ho Chi Min died in the 60s, his "original vision" has zero bearing on the current policymakers in charge of Vietnam. >Pretty much all of Vietnamese history is dealing with a Chinese threat, and despite what France, the US, and Japan have done to Vietnam those are blips compared to the historical antagonism with China. Events that happened 595 years ago (at the latest) again have no bearing on the geopolitical reality of 2022. China is Vietnam's largest economic and trade partner, as well as a major member of the BRI (to the point where they have their own initiative called "Two Corridors, One Belt"). Vietnam has also affirmed several times they will not side against China. On the topic of the islands, you also have to realise that those islands are simultaneously claimed by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brunei, and the Philippines, the conflict over the islands is multi-pronged and extremely complex, not to mention mostly trivial against the backdrop of larger geopolitical and geostrategic concerns. >Vietnam's situation with China has only gotten more dire for Vietnam and the only obvious countries are India, Japan and the US that would want to help Vietnam to antagonize China Vietnam has no want nor goal to antagonise China, and has in fact gone out of the way to avoid doing so. When the U.S. VP visited Vietnam, they assured the Chinese they were firmly on their side and would not side against them. Not to mention that to this day Vietnam's largest security partner is Russia. Any of this bluster about Vietnam being a supposed U.S. ally is tantamount to delusion.
I think the main reason why they talk about North Korea being a threat to global security is purely becuase they have nukes. If we were talking purely conventional, they wouldn't pose that much of a threat beyond the potential of smuggling weapons to terrorists or that ilk. But with nukes, it gains a whole other level.
DPRK nukes serve more a domestic goal in giving the Workers Party essentially an excuse to move away from Songun towards Nation Building/Poverty Reduction development. You don't need to pour all your money into the military when you have a Nuke. The other thing is they're just kind of a brazen fuck you to the US for Bill Clinton's short sightedness in the bad faith he engaged with in terms of the 1994 Nuclear Agreement (Agreed Framework) because "lol we thought North Korea would collapse in like a week so why bother adhere to the agreement?" This royally pissed off the North Koreans since they publically just blew up all their reactors on broadcast video with US inspectors present.
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ROK, ROC, and Japan all have domestic military industries that have produced ballistic and cruise missiles, among other aerospace things. Japan and Taiwan have put satellites in orbit, Japan has put a rover on an asteroid. Japan has more weapons grade plutonium than they know what to do with. Korea could make nukes pretty quickly, load them on their ballistic missile subs.
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So how advanced is South Korean rocket tech in comparison to other aerospace powers?
>advanced [missiles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grsEXqqr3Do&ab_channel=WarLeaks-MilitaryBlog) Pretty advanced, especially since SK needs accuracy to target command structures in NK.
And NATO still has the gall to call itself a defensive alliance.
LMAO, who are we invading?