SEOUL: South Korea's Navy is considering acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, it said Thursday in a surprise announcement which would change the balance of power in north-east Asia and is likely to upset several of its neighbours.
In a report submitted to parliament the South Korean Navy said it had set up a task force headed by a commander-level official to examine procuring nuclear-powered submarines in the long term, the South's Yonhap news agency reported.It appears to be the first time Seoul has publicly spoken of developing nuclear submarines, which were not mentioned in its most recent defence white paper.
Seoul is in a security alliance with the United States but President Donald Trump has repeatedly demanded it pay more towards the cost of US troops while his current emollient approach to the North's leader Kim Jong Un has raised some eyebrows in the South.
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