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James A. “Sandy” WinnefeldJames A. “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr., USN (Ret.), distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, was quoted in “Where Will Trump And Kim's Nuclear Brinkmanship Lead?” for CBS News:
Excerpt:
Before he retired, Admiral James Winnefeld was the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the number two man in uniform, during the Obama Administration. He knows that one submarine like the USS Kentucky can by itself carry enough nuclear weapons to annihilate North Korea.
When asked to compare America's nuclear forces to Korean nuclear forces, Adm. Winnefeld replied, “Well, there's just no comparison whatsoever.”
Martin asked, “Were Kim Jong Un, for whatever reason, to launch a nuclear weapon against the United States, would he, in essence, be committing suicide?”
“Absolutely. Yeah, I mean, there is just no question that we would undertake a proportional response,” Adm. Winnefeld replied. “But in the case of a nuclear weapon, that proportional response would be overwhelming and would probably mean the end of the Kim regime -- and he knows it.”
Read the article here.
