The United States on Friday sent a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine to South Korea after North Korea’s recent ballistic missile launches, which landed within Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The USS Michigan is the first nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine to dock in South Korea in nearly six years, Yonhap News Agency reported.
South Korea’s military said the USS Michigan arrived at Busan Port as part of the Washington Declaration signed between the two countries in April, but it did not specify how long the submarine will be in South Korean waters.
“[It] demonstrates the overwhelming capabilities and posture of the South Korea-U.S. alliance to realize peace through strength,” South Korean fleet commander Vice Admiral Kim Myung-soo told reporters….