USA gives South Korea Green Light to Build Nuclear Submarines 3 November 2025
Cutaway of the KSS-III (Dosan Ahn Changho class) submarine’s design. Image courtesy of Naval News.
U.S President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S government has given the go ahead for South Korea to build Nuclear Submarines on U.S soil. The announcement came following a meeting with various Asian heads of state including South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung in Gyeongju, South Korea. Additional posts by Trump on Truth Social have detailed that the Submarines will be built on US soil at the Philadelphia shipyards, which were acquired by the Korean defense firm Hanwha late in 2024.