The U.S. will deploy nuclear submarines to South Korea for the first time in 40 years under a new agreement that strengthens Washington's commitment to defend Seoul against nuclear threats from North Korea, White House officials said.
The White House said the agreement — dubbed the Washington Declaration — is the most significant arrangement since the Cold War.
President Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will sign the agreement on Wednesday as part of Mr. Yoon’s state visit to the United States. A senior White House official told reporters that the arrangement is aimed at making U.S. deterrence “more visible” through the regular deployment of strategic assets, including a U.S. nuclear ballistic submarine.was in the early 1980s, according to the White House.
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