The USS Michigan, a nuclear-powered submarine armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles, pulled into the Busan Naval Base in South Korea on Oct. 13, just three days ahead of planned military exercises, and amid North Korea’s renewed threats of attacks near Guam.
It’s not uncommon for the U.S. military to dock its submarines at ports of its allies, but the visits are often not publicized without good reason. The Ohio-class submarine’s arrival in South Korea was publicized, however. It also comes just days after the U.S. Navy publicized the arrival of the USS Tucson, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, in South Korea on Oct. 7.
