Comment by Glyptodon
5 hours ago
I will say that the "in/on US territory" piece is a very key detail.
Like obviously no matter the country, if you want to build weapons offshore in their territory you probably need permission.
5 hours ago
I will say that the "in/on US territory" piece is a very key detail.
Like obviously no matter the country, if you want to build weapons offshore in their territory you probably need permission.
> I will say that the "in/on US territory" piece is a very key detail.
That's the point. South korea is not allowed to build nuclear submarines in their own territory. They lack the sovereignty to do it. The US won't give them permission to build one on their own.
But you probably knew this and your comment is meant to distract.
That's just not true? South Korean ministers have been discussing building nuclear submarines domestically long before this current agreement.
And the US has an agreement with South Korea that limits domestic production of fissile material for military uses but it's a mutual agreement that we have with a bunch of countries (including China) and is essentially always renegotiable as situations change. Essentially it's just an explicit agreement of how much material a given country intends on producing for the purposes of requiring public political discussions domestically before ramping up production.
That is all very much a flexible situation and the US doesn't have any actual power to legitimately stop South Korea from manufacturing domestic nuclear reactors for military purposes.
Citation needed. I am unable to find any treaty that prevents the RoK from building nuclear submarines on their own territory.
> Citation needed. I am unable to find any treaty that prevents the RoK from building nuclear submarines on their own territory.
Are you being intentionally dense? Why wouldn't they be building it in their own territory if nobody was stopping them?
Besides, I already replied to your other comment that South korea is not allowed to enrich uranium by the US.
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