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President, United States will share close technology to allow South Korea to build nuclear-powered submarines donald trump Said on social media on Thursday after meeting the country’s President.
chairman lee jae myung In Wednesday’s meeting, Trump stressed that the goal is to modernize the alliance with the US, also noting plans to increase military spending to reduce the financial burden on the US. The South Korean leader said there may have been a misunderstanding when he last spoke about nuclear-powered submarines in August, saying his government was seeking nuclear fuel rather than weapons.
Lee said that if South Korea were equipped with nuclear-powered submarines, it could help US activities in the region.
US nuclear submarine technology is widely considered to be one of the most sensitive and highly protected technology the military possesses. The US has been incredibly protective of that knowledge, and even the recently announced agreement with close allies the United Kingdom and Australia to help them acquire nuclear submarine technology does not feature the US directly transferring its knowledge.
This post of Trump on social media came before his meeting with the Chinese President. Xi JinpingWhose country has nuclear submarines, and then north korea A nuclear-powered submarine under construction was unveiled for the first time in March. This is a weapon system that could pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US
As Trump visited South Korea, North Korea said on Wednesday it conducted a successful cruise missile test, the latest demonstration of its growing military capabilities.
Pentagon officials did not immediately respond to questions about Trump’s announcement to share nuclear subtechnology with South Korea.
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Bok reported from Tokyo. AP writer Konstantin Toropin contributed to this report from Washington.