discord leak that they have received oppressor. the nato secretary general in march requested weapons, in part because of korea has a sizeable arms industry. last year, they signed deals with poland to provide tanks, howitzers. some see of this as backfilling european allies, and as they contribute weapons to ukraine, backfilling their armaments. weapons to ukraine, backfilling theirarmaments. i do weapons to ukraine, backfilling their armaments. i do think that south korea, because it wants to be seen as a global player so they ve used this bumper sticker, the foreign minister, as becoming a global pivotal state. i think there is some openness, and we heard president s yoon s give an interview suggesting that they may change policy. there is a polity they may switch policies, but they may have
something like weapons or ammunition that could be coming moving forward. ijust that could be coming moving forward. i just want to get to one quick question about north korea, which has been testing a lot more missiles these days. how likely is it that south korea will build up its own arsenal? iiii south korea will build up its own arsenal? , ., ., arsenal? if you look at public oinion, arsenal? if you look at public opinion. 80% arsenal? if you look at public opinion, 80% of arsenal? if you look at public opinion, 80% of south - arsenal? if you look at public l opinion, 8096 of south koreans arsenal? if you look at public - opinion, 8096 of south koreans are opinion, 80% of south koreans are saying they want to see south korea go nuclear. the yoon government has been clear they don t want to go in that direction, they feel confident about the us providing nuclear coverage. my sense right now is the cost would be too risky to develop their own nuclear weapons. i think you ll see