![]() ![]() The deployments of these submarines are highly classified and it is extremely rare for them to make a port of call, but the Kentucky’s visit realized a commitment made in April by President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol that an American ballistic missile submarine would visit South Korea in a demonstration of U.S. Navy does not say if there are nuclear weapons aboard its Ohio-class submarines. Navy submarines capable of launching 20 Trident 2 D5 missiles, each armed with multiple targeted warheads capable of striking targets up to 4,000 miles away.Īs is standard practice, the U.S. More than two football fields in length, the USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) is one of 14 Ohio Class U.S. The rare public visit is intended to demonstrate America’s security commitment to South Korea and to deter North Korea.ĪBC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz was given exclusive access to the USS Kentucky in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday, the only American journalist allowed to visit the submarine during its port of call in South Korea.īusan, South Korea’s largest port, is located in the most southeasterly point of the Korean peninsula and is more than 200 miles south of the DMZ (demilitarized zone) that serves as the border with North Korea. Navy submarine in Busan, South Korea, marked the first time that a submarine capable of carrying up to 20 nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles had made a port of call in South Korea. (BUSAN, South Korea) - This week’s arrival of a nuclear-capable U.S. ![]()
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