2023-07-02 22:09:01
This year, the United States and the Republic of Korea signed the so-called “Washington Declaration”, under which a US nuclear-armed submarine will be sent to the Asian country for the first time in decades. This is likely to happen before the end of this month.
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The US will send an Ohio-class submarine with intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads to South Korea. It will be a measure in response to the growing threats from North Korea. The last time a US Trident system submarine was in the Republic of Korea was in 1981.
The next submarine is expected to dock in the country on July 27. That day will mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice Agreement. The document ended the hostilities that took place between 1950 and 1953.
It is not yet known which strategic missile cruiser will go to South Korea. One of the candidates was the submarine USS Maine (SSBN-741). Apart from him, 13 other Ohio-class submarines are also equipped with ballistic missiles:
USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730);
USS Alabama (SSBN-731);
USS Alaska (SSBN-732);
USS Nevada (SSBN-733);
USS Tennessee (SSBN-734);
USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735);
USS West Virginia (SSBN-736);
USS Kentucky (SSBN-737);
USS Maryland (SSBN-738);
USS Nebraska (SSBN-739);
USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740);
USS Wyoming (SSBN-742);
USS Louisiana (SSBN-743).
In total, they are capable of launching up to 20 Trident II (D5) ICBMs, each armed with eight nuclear warheads. The maximum launch range is more than 12,000 km.
The USS Michigan (SSGN-727), pictured above, recently visited the country for the first time since 2017. It’s also an Ohio-class submarine, but it carries up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles without a nuclear warhead.
Fuente: The Korean Times
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