some pundits in Seoul see the killing of
general Soleimani as having a profound
impact on the denuclearization stalemate
between the u.s. and North Korea that it
may prompt the regime to break off from
its own moratorium on nuclear weapons
development Kim Jones slide on the
analysis a South Korean military source
said on Monday that the incidents
following the u.s. killing of Iran's top
security and intelligence commander
general Qasem Soleimani could push the
North Korean denuclearization issue
further down u.s. President Donald
Trump's lists of priorities
amid the stalled denuclearization talks
between Pyongyang and Washington the
North Korean regime which has warned of
major provocations if it doesn't get
concessions from the US could use a
change of focus by Washington to speed
up the development of its nuclear
weapons program and nuclear delivery
systems to use them as a bargaining chip
ending nucleation talks a local expert
says the fact that Iran has broken off
from commitments in the 2015 nuclear
deal to observe limitations on its
capacity for level of enrichment may
prompt the north to also roll back from
its own moratorium on nuclear weapons
development Iran and North Korea share
the same definition on denuclearization
in that their version Intel's
not developing additional nuclear
weapons rather than dismantling what
they've already developed local media
outlets in South Korea say the targeted
killing of Soleimani sends an implicit
warning to North Korea that the
utilization of drones could be more
rampant in military operations by the US
the u.s. mq-9 Reaper drone used to
target soleimani became operational in
2007 and is a remotely piloted aircraft
designed primarily for precision strikes
capable of annihilating targets with
missiles or other munitions of up to 1.7
tons the US forces Korea is known to
operate the mq-1c Gray Eagle drone which
can carry Hellfire missiles and other
media chirp recision guided munitions
Kim Jiyeon Arirang news
