Seoul, South Korea
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South Korea wants to join the undersea naval elite – and has received the blessing of US President Donald Trump to do just that.
Having Seoul become the seventh country in the world operating nuclear-powered submarines – joining the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and India – could be a win-win.
South Korea could more effectively counter North Korean or Chinese moves in the waters around the Korean Peninsula; and that would free up the US Navy’s nuclear-powered attack subs to concentrate on patrols in hot spots like the South China Sea and the waters around Taiwan.
On both sides of the Pacific,…
