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690,000 U.S. Troops Expected in Case of War

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From Times Wire Reports

The U.S. would dispatch 690,000 troops and 2,000 warplanes in case of war on the Korean peninsula, a South Korean policy paper said.

The statement appears aimed at easing concerns that U.S. troops in South Korea are being used as a rapid worldwide deployment force.

A Pentagon spokesman, Lt. Cmdr. Greg Hicks, said he could not comment on the report. The size of any U.S. deployment in a Korean war, he said, would depend on the conflict’s nature.

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