YU Jihoon <br/><br/>
Should the United States support a Republic of Korea nuclear submarine program?/ 
Jihoon Yu and Erik French 
 -  2020 
<br/><br/> This article discusses how a Republic of Korea (ROK) SSN program could result in strategic risks or benefits, or both, for the United States. The risks of such a policy are readily apparent. First, the project might undermine already-fragile Sino-allied and ROK-Japan relations, damaging regional stability. Second, it might create nonproliferation concerns by expanding the ROK's latent nuclear capabilities. Third, an ROK SSN program would involve major opportunity costs; the resources necessary to fund it inevitably would siphon ROK resources away from investments in other crucial capabilities. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>UNITED STATES<br/>REPUBLIC OF KOREA<br/>NUCLEAR PROGRAM