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U.S. Navy Deploys Largest Nuclear-Armed Submarine to South Korea

HeadlineJun 29, 2023

The U.S. Navy says it will station its largest nuclear-armed submarine in South Korea for the first time in four decades. This comes after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and President Joe Biden agreed to a deal in April in which South Korea agreed not to develop its own nuclear weapons in exchange for a more aggressive U.S. nuclear posture toward North Korea.

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