North Korea says US submarine deal, alliance could trigger 'nuclear arms race'

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SEOUL: North Korea\u0027s foreign ministry on Monday (Sep 20) said a new US alliance in the Indo-Pacific and recent US submarine contract with Australia could trigger a \u0022nuclear arms race\u0022 in the region. Last week the United States announced a new

SEOUL: North Korea's foreign ministry on Monday said a new US alliance in the Indo-Pacific and recent US submarine contract with Australia could trigger a"nuclear arms race" in the region., as part of a strategic partnership under which US nuclear submarines will be supplied to Canberra.

"This shows that the US is the chief culprit toppling the international nuclear non-proliferation system," said a foreign news section chief at the ministry's Department of Press and Information.successfully test-firing The spate of missile tests and bumper defense deals in the Pacific have highlighted a regional arms race that is intensifying as a China-US rivalry grows.

US President Joe Biden's new Australia-US-Britain defense alliance is widely seen as aimed at countering the rise of China.

 

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