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Don’t Call it a Deal Just Yet: South Korea to Pursue Nuclear-powered Submarines

Don’t Call it a Deal Just Yet: South Korea to Pursue Nuclear-powered Submarines

Update: 2025-11-20
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Despite a factsheet stating that the U.S. has given approval for the ROK to build nuclear-powered attack submarines, there’s a tremendous amount of uncertainty as to what was actually agreed to. 

In this episode of The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Katie Putz (@LadyPutz) dig into the recent news that the U.S. had given South Korea the go-ahead to pursue the development of nuclear-powered attack submarines. What does that mean? And what does it mean for security in Northeast Asia?

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Don’t Call it a Deal Just Yet: South Korea to Pursue Nuclear-powered Submarines

Don’t Call it a Deal Just Yet: South Korea to Pursue Nuclear-powered Submarines

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