SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A U.S. nuclear-powered guided missile submarine (SSGN) arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in six years, Seoul’s defense ministry said, amid heightened tensions after North Korea’s launch of two ballistic missiles the previous day. The Ohio-class SSGN, USS Michigan, entered a key naval base in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – With North Korea’s military provocation continuing to pose a threat to peace on the Korean Peninsula, talks of deploying a nuclear submarine in response to the ballistic missile threat have reemerged in South Korea. Amid the growing threats posed by North Korea’s submarine-launched ballistic missiles, also known as SLBM, it [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of lawmakers from South Korea’s ruling Saenuri Party said Monday the country should consider building nuclear-powered submarines, amid escalating provocations by Pyongyang. The remark came as North Korea on Wednesday test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in waters off its east coast. The South Korean military said [...]