South Korea & Nuclear Submarines

Donald Trump has said he has given South Korea permission to build

nuclear-powered submarines in Philadelphia, in an announcement that could
rattle China as the US president prepares to meet Xi Jinping. “South
Korea will be building its Nuclear Powered Submarine in the Philadelphia
Shipyards, right here in the good ol’ U.S.A.,” Trump wrote on the Truth
Social platform on Thursday during his visit to the US ally and ahead of a
summit with President Xi. Trump said the US-South Korea military alliance
was “stronger than ever” so he had “given them approval to build a
Nuclear Powered Submarine”.

 FT 30th Oct 2025

 https://www.ft.com/content/a6ee6741-5a66-41b1-80b6-5e01e4a823a5