South Korea's government has announced that it has finalised an agreement to build nuclear-powered submarines in partnership with the United States. The US has approved the "attack submarines" and ...

Most of China's submarine fleet is diesel-electric, but Beijing is ramping up production of nuclear-powered classes.

Nuclear-powered submarines, equipped with small nuclear reactors, are strategic assets capable of remaining submerged for extended periods and offering superior maneuverability and operational range ...

North Korea sees America as “a springboard” for South Korea’s rise as a “quasi-nuclear weapon state” by supporting construction of the South’s first nuclear submarine. Pyongyang’s Korean Central News ...

China now operates 59 submarines, compared to the US Navy’s 71—but it has expressed the clear intention to catch up.

The mystique of nuclear-powered submarines has been captured by at least half a dozen popular Hollywood films. Some have centered on the drama of undersea warfare and the risk of global nuclear ...

SEOUL, South Korea — 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. North Korea's state ...

February 13, 2026: Last year, after two months of effort, North Korea managed to salvage the Kang Kon, its second Choe Hyon-class DDGHM destroyer. The destroyer was declared operational on June 5th.

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 ...