South Korea’s Plans to Eliminate North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un

by Micah J. Fleck

South Korea’s defense minister has revealed that, in the event of a nuclear attack, the country has “a plan” that will bring about the elimination of North Korea’s leaders, including the leader, Kim Jong Un. The minister of defense for South Korea, Han Min-loo, told a national assembly for the country on Wednesday that “a plan exists that would assemble and send a special-forces team to North Korea if a nuclear attack appears imminent,” according to a new report. This plan amounts to “a minimum of 500,000 active duty troops,” and “If it becomes clear the enemy intends to use nuclear-tipped missiles, in order to suppress its aims, the concept [of the special forces] is to retaliate against key areas that include the North Korean leadership,” Han was recorded as having stated.

According the International Business Times:

The plan is called Korea Massive Punishment and Retaliation, or KMPR. It’s a three-part system that also includes anti-missile and “pre-emptive strike” systems.

South Korea, in tandem with the United States, has made both public statements and conducted exercises to flex its military might in the last week following North Korea’s most recent nuclear warhead and long-range missile testing. The U.S. flew two B-1 bombers over the peninsula with South Korean fighter jets by its side Wednesday, while the South Korean Department of Defense announced plans to conduct a mock attack on a nuclear facility with the U.S. in Alaska next month. Members from the ruling and opposition parties of South Korea’s parliament also reportedly want to bring back tactical nuclear weapons.

No word yet on if this information, now very public, has gotten back to Kim Jong Un himself, or what his reaction was if so. But it likely wouldn’t be favorable.