North Korean leaders threatened potential nuclear retaliation over America’s presence in the region for the second time this month, following the docking of a U.S. submarine in South Korea.
The U.S deployed the nuclear-armed USS Kentucky, which arrived at the South Korean port of Busan earlier this week.
The presence of the Ohio-class submarine marks the first visit with a U.S. SSBN to South Korea since the 1980s.
According to Pyongyang’s Defense Minister Kang Sun-nam, the arrival of the USS Kentucky could give North Korea the greenlight to launch a nuclear attack.
Following the submarine’s arrival to Busan, North Korea fired two ballistic missiles eastwards.
