TY  - BOOK
AU  - YU Jihoon
AU  - FRENCH Erik
TI  - Should the United States support a Republic of Korea nuclear submarine program?
PY  - 2020///
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - REPUBLIC OF KOREA
KW  - NUCLEAR PROGRAM
N2  - 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
UR  - https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8094&context=nwc-review
ER  -