{"id":1976445,"date":"2023-07-18T16:22:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-deploys-nuclear-armed-submarine-to-south-korea-as-north-korea-flexes-nuclear-muscles\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T16:24:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:24:30","slug":"us-deploys-nuclear-armed-submarine-to-south-korea-as-north-korea-flexes-nuclear-muscles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-deploys-nuclear-armed-submarine-to-south-korea-as-north-korea-flexes-nuclear-muscles\/","title":{"rendered":"US sends nuclear-armed sub to S. Korea amid N. Korea&#8217;s nuclear show."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-deploys-nuclear-armed-submarine-to-south-korea-as-north-korea-flexes-nuclear-muscles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976445&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n \u2063 <\/p>\n<h2>U.S. Nuclear-Armed Submarine Visits South Korea<\/h2>\n<p>For the \u200dfirst time since\u2063 the 1980s, a\u2063 U.S. nuclear-armed\u200c ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)\u2064 visited South Korea on Tuesday, marking \u2063a significant event\u200d in the allies&#8217;\u2064 efforts to coordinate \u2063their\u200c responses \u200bin the\u200b event of \u2063a nuclear \u200dwar with\u2062 North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200b  \u200c \u2062 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<h3>Rare \u2064Visit Confirmed by \u2064White House Indo-Pacific Coordinator<\/h3>\n<p>White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">confirmed<\/a> the rare \u200dvisit, which\u200c had been expected after it was announced in a\u2064 joint declaration during a summit between South \u200cKorean President \u200dYoon\u2062 Suk Yeol \u200dand U.S. President Joe Biden \u200bin \u2062Washington in April.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we speak, an American nuclear submarine \u200cis making port \u200din Busan \u2064today. That&#8217;s the first visit of\u2062 [an] American nuclear submarine in decades,&#8221; Campbell told reporters at\u2064 a\u2063 briefing \u2063in\u2064 Seoul, where he was\u200d attending the first Nuclear Consultative\u200b Group (NCG) discussion with South Korean \u200cofficials.<\/p>\n<p>The group,\u200b aimed at better coordinating an allied nuclear response\u200d in\u200d the event \u2062of a war \u200cwith North Korea, was \u2064also announced during the April summit\u200c amid \u200dgrowing\u2063 calls in South Korea for \u2063its own nuclear weapons, \u2064a step Washington opposes.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea, which test fired an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-kathleen-hicks-as-deputy-defense-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks as Deputy Defense Secretary\">intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a>\u2064 (ICBM) \u200blast\u200b week,\u200d condemned \u200cthe NCG on Monday for &#8220;openly discussing the use \u2063of nukes&#8221; and warned \u200dagainst allied\u2064 plans to increase displays of military\u200d force,\u2062 including the submarine visit.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Campbell did \u2062not identify\u2062 the submarine, but said \u200cits visit is\u2063 a manifestation\u2064 of American \u2064commitment\u200c to South\u200d Korea&#8217;s \u2063defense.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s \u2062defense ministry later confirmed \u200bthe \u200dsubmarine&#8217;s arrival \u200dand identified\u200c it as the USS \u2062Kentucky, \u200dan \u200bOhio class SSBN.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. SSBNs rely on stealth to ensure \u200btheir survival\u2064 and preserve their\u200b ability to\u2062 launch nuclear\u200d missiles during\u200c a\u2062 war, and they rarely make public stops\u200c in \u200cforeign \u200dports.<\/p>\n<h3>Enhancing Deterrence and Response Capabilities<\/h3>\n<p>The United States has\u2062 pledged to deploy \u200dmore strategic assets such as\u2063 aircraft carriers, submarines, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dod-more-troops-will-be-deployed-to-afghanistan-before-sept-11\/\" title=\"DOD: More troops will be deployed to Afghanistan before Sept. 11\">long-range bombers<\/a>\u200d to South\u2063 Korea\u2062 to deter North \u200dKorea, which\u2064 has developed increasingly powerful missiles\u2063 that \u2064can hit targets as far away \u2063as the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Navy fields \u200b14 SSBNs,\u2064 often referred to as &#8220;boomers.&#8221; \u200dThe Ohio-class submarines carry 20 Trident II D5 missiles, \u200ceach \u2062of \u2064which can deliver up \u200dto eight nuclear warheads\u200d to targets as \u200cfar as 12,000\u2063 km (7,500 miles)\u200b away.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>There were regular \u2062SSBN visits to South Korea in the 1970s, another period when South Korea was debating the \u2062strength \u2063of the U.S. commitment and the need\u2063 for\u2063 its own\u200c nuclear arsenal, according\u2064 to a report by the Federation of American\u200d Scientists.<\/p>\n<h3>Coordinated Response and Information \u200cSharing<\/h3>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>South\u2063 Korea&#8217;s principal deputy national\u2064 security\u200c adviser\u200c Kim Tae-hyo, who co-chaired the\u200d meeting, said the discussions are enough to \u2064ensure \u200bthere is no need for South Korea to develop its own nuclear\u200b weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-deploys-nuclear-armed-submarine-to-south-korea-as-north-korea-flexes-nuclear-muscles\/\" title=\"US sends nuclear-armed sub to S. Korea amid N. Korea's nuclear show.\">facilitate information sharing\u2014including establishing<\/a> \u200ba secure communication network\u2014and \u2062coordination\u200c and\u2064 planning \u200bin the event of \u2062a \u2063North Korean \u2064nuclear attack,\u2064 which would\u2064 face an &#8220;overwhelming&#8221; allied response, Kim \u200dsaid.<\/p>\n<p>The allies will \u200balso develop\u200c &#8220;operations,\u200b exercises, simulations, trainings, and investment activities&#8221; to bolster nuclear deterrence and \u200bresponse \u200dcapabilities on the\u200c Korean Peninsula, according to a statement released \u200bafter\u200c the \u2063meeting.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>Yoon said the NCG\u2062 would \u2064be \u200ca &#8220;starting point&#8221;\u2062 to build a strong and\u2064 effective deterrence \u200bagainst North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>China and \u2062North Korea have criticized the \u2064group&#8217;s formation\u200b as further \u200braising tensions on the Korean\u200d peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>When asked\u200b whether\u2063 South Korea will \u200bhave a \u200brole in U.S.\u2063 decision making,\u200d a\u2063 senior \u2064U.S. administration official told \u200bReuters the group\u2064 was more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-shut-down-large-scale-vaccine-site-at-dodger-stadium\/\" title=\"Protesters Shut Down Large-Scale Vaccine Site At Dodger Stadium\">sharing information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<div>\n  \u200d \u200d <\/p>\n<p><a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" \u200crel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2062  \u2064  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;A lot \u2063of the objective here is\u200b to \u200dmake sure \u2063that our South Korean allies have more transparency,\u200c more access,\u2064 more direct\u2063 connection with planning, so that they can understand\u200c how government officials have \u200blong been thinking about what goes into defense and deterrence for \u200dSouth Korea,&#8221; the official said, speaking on condition of \u200banonymity to discuss the\u200c talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Hyonhee \u200cShin, Ju-min Park and Josh Smith; Additional reporting by Steve Holland \u2064and David Brunnstrom\u2064 in Washington and Soo-hyang Choi in Seoul; \u2063Editing\u2062 by Ed \u200bDavies, Stephen Coates, Lincoln Feast, Michael Perry and Tom\u2063 Hogue)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in decades, a US nuclear-armed submarine visited South Korea. This visit coincided with talks between the allies to align their strategies in case of a nuclear conflict with North Korea. Kurt Campbell, White House Indo-Pacific coordinator, confirmed the anticipated visit mentioned in a joint declaration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1976446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}