In April, the leaders of South Korea and the United States agreed a U.S. nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine arrived at the port of Busan in South Korea last month. The moves by the United States to introduce strategic nuclear assets to the Korean peninsula is a blatant nuclear blackmail against North Korea and regional countries and presents a grave threat to peace, KCNA said.Ī U.S. Honolulu, Hawaii CNN Hundreds of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, cocooned within one of the US Navy’s most technologically advanced pieces of equipment, Rear Adm. air force strategic reconnaissance plane is shot down over the East Sea will not happen,' the spokesperson said. 'There is no guarantee that a shocking incident where a U.S. reconnaissance planes recently violated its air space near the east coast, quoting an unnamed spokesperson of its Ministry of National Defense in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency. The parties then noted significant progress on bilateral security priorities since the previous dialogue in April of 2022, writes the US Department of State.North Korea denounced on Monday what it called a move by the United States to introduce a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine to waters near the Korean peninsula, saying it creates a situation that brings a nuclear conflict closer to reality. Last week, representatives of Iceland and the US met for the annual strategic dialogue between the countries on security and defense. The alliance is responsible for periodic monitoring of Icelandic airspace. The country also has an air defense and surveillance system that is integrated into NATO. Iceland does not have its own armed forces, apart from a paramilitary coast guard. More specifically, it refers to host nation support for American and other allies' anti-submarine aircraft at Keflavik Air Base. In recent years, the US and Iceland have increased cooperation on surveillance and readiness in the North Atlantic, the Icelandic government also informs. The approach for Norway and nuclear powers visiting has become 'Don't ask, don't tell,' asserts Asle Toje, foreign policy analyst and Deputy Leader of the Nobel Committee (only in Norwegian). Whether Norwegian nuclear and port call policies are followed in practice has been disputed. Norway makes it a condition that allied warships calling at Norwegian ports do not carry nuclear weapons and expects that this condition will be respected. Since May of 2021, nine American nuclear submarines and one British nuclear submarine have called in Grøtsund.

In the Northern Norwegian context, said calls include Tromsø, i.e., a long-term receiving port for nuclear-powered vessels – previously at the naval base Olavsvern and at Grøtsund port from 2021.

The Icelandic government also states that it has consulted with neighboring countries that have experience with submarine visits and which also stipulates that these visits do not involve nuclear weapons. Furthermore, it is referred to submarine port calls in Norway over several decades, as well as more recent visits to the Faroe Islands. From the American side, it has been communicated that the submarines in question would not carry nuclear weapons, nor are they equipped to do so. This policy has been reiterated by the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs in a note to the US Government. Without nuclear weaponsĪ condition for the authorization of US submarine visits is that they will not carry nuclear weapons, emphasizes the Icelandic government – and points to the country's security policy of no nuclear weapons on Icelandic territories. This will likely happen in connection with the NATO exercise Dynamic Mongoose, which started on Monday (only in Norwegian). This is the alliance's annual anti-submarine exercise in the High North – of which Iceland has the role of primary host nation this year. The first submarine will visit in the near future and will be serviced just outside the coast rather than making a port call, it is reported. The frequency of visits will depend on the need at any given time,' writes the government. 'These service visits will contribute to strengthening the continuous and active submarine surveillance of allied countries, which ensures better situational awareness and increases the safety of underwater infrastructure such as submarine cables in the waters around Iceland. The background is that Iceland wants to support increased surveillance and response capacity among allies in the North Atlantic. American nuclear-powered submarines will now receive authorization to make brief service visits to Iceland to receive supplies and exchange crew members, announced the Icelandic government last week.

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