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The United States is unlikely to help South Korea build nuclear-powered submarines at the moment as it is burdened by AUKUS commitments to Australia, the Pentagon said on Saturday, as cited by Reuters. This is a major blow to President Yoon Suk-yeol’s efforts to globalise South Korea, which has come at the cost of prosperous relations with Russia. Asked during the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore how he would respond to a direct request from South Korea for help in obtaining nuclear submarines, Lloyd Austin, the US Secretary of Defense, said it would be  “very, very difficult” for Washington to accommodate that “on top […] #Asia #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/us-will-not-help-south-korea-build/?feed_id=12407

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio VERSIONE IN ITALIANO In the next few days, Russian nuclear warships will arrive in the port of Cuba for an official visit and some drills. At other times the issue would have seemed like a simple provocation but after the repeated escalations of the conflict in Ukraine triggered by the strengthening of missile supplies from NATO countries and the authorization given by some of them, including the USA, to use them on the territories of Russia from which the attacks against Kiev’s army originate, this “unexpected move” represents a danger that brings to mind the […] #Featured #History #Investigations #Military #UkraineWar #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/nightmare-russian-nuclear-warships-near-us-coast/?feed_id=12351