{"id":76136,"date":"2025-12-27T06:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T09:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/nuclear-submarine-arms-race-heats-up-between-north-and-south-korea-npr\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T06:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T09:07:19","slug":"nuclear-submarine-arms-race-heats-up-between-north-and-south-korea-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/nuclear-submarine-arms-race-heats-up-between-north-and-south-korea-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear submarine arms race heats up between North and South Korea : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n In this undated photo provided Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un inspects a nuclear-powered submarine under construction at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency.
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SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 An arms race for nuclear-powered submarines is accelerating between North and South Korea amid shifts in the United States’ security strategy in the region.<\/p>\n

North Korea’s state media<\/a> revealed on Thursday a picture of what it called a “8,700-ton nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine.” It’s the first time North Korea disclosed the tonnage and the apparently completed hull of the submarine since it declared its pursuit for nuclear subs in 2021.<\/p>\n

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that the new vessel will help defend his country against “the negative security situation that has come as present reality,” according to the country’s state media. Kim criticized South Korea’s plan to build its own nuclear subs as “an offensive act \u2026 that must be countered.”<\/p>\n