South Korea wants to be the seventh country to operate nuclear-powered attack submarines.
Australia partnered with the United Kingdom and United States to build nuclear-powered attack submarines (the AUKUS project) The Republic of Korea (South Korea) approached America about joining the club. From AUKUS to ROKUS:
South Korea wants to join the undersea naval elite – and has received the blessing of US President Donald Trump to do just that....
South Korea could more effectively counter North Korean or Chinese moves in the waters around the Korean Peninsula; and that would free up the US Navy’s nuclear-powered attack subs to concentrate on patrols in hot spots like the South China Sea and the waters around Taiwan.
South Korean SSNs will create quite a ruckus for China. And save AUKUS with AUROKUS?
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NOTE: Photo of Virginia-class SSN (although they are evolving to SSGNs, really).
