U.S. studied plan to use 80 nuclear weapons if attacked by North Korea

The United States reviewed and studied a plan "that could include the use of 80 nuclear weapons" in response to an attack by North Korea, according to U.S. journalist Bob Woodward in his book "Rage" published Tuesday.As tensions between the United States and North Korea heightened after Pyongyang test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in 2017, Washington had also been updating a plan for a leadership strike on Pyongyang, Woodward said in his book, based on interviews with U.S. President Donald Trump.Trump said in an interview with Woodward on Dec. 13, 2019 that North Korean leader…READ FULL ARTICLE