Reference News Network, October 30 report. According to the Associated Press, on October 30, U.S. President Trump said on a social media platform that the United States will share its highly confidential nuclear technology with South Korea to help build a nuclear-powered submarine. This came after he met with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.

The report stated that during the meeting on the 29th, Yoon Suk-yeol emphasized to Trump that this move aims to modernize the South Korea-U.S. alliance and pointed out that South Korea plans to increase defense spending to alleviate the U.S. financial burden.

The South Korean leader said that there may have been a misunderstanding regarding the issue of nuclear-powered submarines during their conversation in August this year. He explained that the South Korean government is seeking nuclear fuel, not nuclear weapons.

Yoon Suk-yeol said that if South Korea has a nuclear-powered submarine, it could assist the U.S. regional activities.

Trump also said on a social media platform that South Korea will build its nuclear-powered submarine at the Philadelphia Shipyard in the United States. The shipyard was acquired by the South Korean Hanwha Group last year.

It is currently unclear about the scale or cost of the submarine project, but the South Korean side said in talks with Trump that they have committed to investing 150 billion U.S. dollars for the construction of U.S. shipbuilding capacity.

The report pointed out that the U.S. nuclear submarine technology is widely regarded as one of the most sensitive and tightly protected technologies in the military. The U.S. keeps such technical knowledge extremely secret, and even the recently announced nuclear submarine agreement with close allies Britain and Australia does not include clauses for direct transfer of U.S. technology. (Translated by Guo Jun)

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