The United States said it had sent a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in more than four decades on Tuesday, fulfilling a pledge in the wake of North Korea¡¯s continued missile launches, after the allies held the inaugural meeting of their Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) earlier in the day.
¡°As we speak, an American nuclear submarine is making port in Busan today,¡± U.S. National Security Council Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell said.
The move realized a key U.S. pledge at an April leaders summit to send a nuclear-capable ballistic missile submarine to the South, and the two allies also used Tuesday¡¯s first NCG meeting to discuss information-sharing, coordination and planning in the event of a North Korean nuclear attack, which officials said would prompt an ¡°overwhelming¡± allied response.
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