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US submarine equipped with nuclear ballistic missiles arrived in the South Korean port of Busan today as a reflection of Washington’s commitment to strengthening its deterrence mechanism against
US submarine equipped with nuclear ballistic missiles arrived in the South Korean port of Busan today as a reflection of Washington’s commitment to strengthening its deterrence mechanism against North Korea, as confirmed by the South Korean Ministry of National Defense.
“According to what we’re talking about, a nuclear submarine is arriving at the port of Busan today,” the National Security Council’s Indo-Pacific coordinator said Tuesday. Kurt Campbellat a press conference held at the end of the first meeting of the so-called Nuclear Advisory Group (NCG).
Shortly thereafter, the Asian country’s defense ministry confirmed the ship’s mooring in a statement. USS Kentucky in the port of Busan (350 km southeast of Seoul).
USS Kentucky is nuclear submarine It is capable of carrying nuclear ballistic missiles (SSBNs), the first of its kind to visit South Korea in about 40 years, according to the ministry.
submersible can load up to 20 Trident-II submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), which can be equipped with nuclear warheads up to 450 kilotons and has a range of about 12,000 kilometers.
Photo: Reuters file
Secretary of Defense Lee Jong-sub believes that the arrival of the USS Kentucky “demonstrates that the extended US deterrence against the Republic of Korea (the South’s official name) will be firmly implemented, a demonstration of the superior capabilities and readiness of the alliance against North Korea and a strong unified defensive posture in front of the Korean people and the international community,” the aforementioned statement said.
In a declaration signed in April by U.S. and South Korean Presidents Joe Biden and Yun Suk-yeol, Washington committed to strengthen the so-called “extended deterrence” with which he protects his ally and tries to dissuade Pyongyang from continuing to develop weapons of mass destruction.
Elements designed to enhance “extended deterrence” included creation of NCG, mechanism coordinate the US response to possible North Korean attacks, including a nuclear option.
Campbell himself and Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae Hyo chaired today Constituent Assembly of this organization.
In turn, Biden also mentioned in April that he would send to South Korea for the first time in decades. SSBNs on an interim basis.
Photo: Reuters file
According to the allies, the arrival of the SSBN enhances periodic and temporary deployment other US strategic installations on the peninsula, such as nuclear aircraft carriers or bombers.
In fact, a spokesman for the North Korean Ministry of National Defense cearlier last week he approved the US plan send SSBNs to South Korea.
Shortly thereafter, Kim Yo-jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong-un, accused the US of carrying out air raids, and on Wednesday the regime launched a second operation. more advanced intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Hwaseong-18.
After the failure of the denuclearization talks in 2019, tension on the Korean Peninsula has risen again, at the same time, Pyongyang refuses any offers of dialogue and conducts a record number of missile tests, while Seoul and Washington resume their grandiose joint exercises and regularly deploy US strategic facilities in the region.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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