Just how close are we to a nuclear conflict? Top military commanders in Seoul have been ordered to speed up preparations to protect South Korea from the nuclear-armed regime of Kim Jong-un today as tensions in the region soar. President Moon said that the country needed to build up its self-reliance as it faced “the urgent task of securing defence capabilities to counter North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations”. “The goal of defence reform is to build a winning military, a highly confident military,” he said at a meeting with six new military commanders. “Most of all, it is important to secure capabilities that will ensure our victory in modern warfare and prepare us against North Korea's developing nuclear arms and missiles.”South Korea is pushing to increase the power of ballistic missiles it…

Source: The Times August 09, 2017 16:07 UTC