Doubts surface over Trump’s South Korea nuclear submarine plan

30/10/2025
Doubts surface over Trump’s South Korea nuclear submarine plan

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Episode Synopsis

US President Donald Trump’s declaration on Thursday that he would allow South Korea to build nuclear-powered submarines has been met with both caution and scepticism.
Analysts said the announcement, while politically dramatic, left unresolved questions about feasibility, cost and the potential for nuclear proliferation.
“I have given them approval to build a Nuclear Powered Submarine, rather than the old fashioned, and far less nimble, diesel powered Submarines that they have now,” Trump wrote...

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