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South Korea Issues Draft Law to Advance Jangbogo-N Nuclear Submarine Program
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South Korea Issues Draft Law to Advance Jangbogo-N Nuclear Submarine ProgramSouth Korea’s MND has issued a legislative notice for a special act establishing the legal framework, nuclear safety, and procurement path for its Jangbogo-N attack submarine program.
Although the legislative notice does not itself authorize submarine construction, it represents an important step in converting South Korea’s nuclear-powered submarine ambitions into a structured national program.
North Korea adds urgency to Jangbogo-NNorth Korea identified a nuclear-powered submarine as one of its major strategic weapons goals at the 2021 Workers’ Party Congress.
Under the reorganization, the MND will upgrade its Nuclear-Powered Submarine Acquisition Task Force into the Nuclear-Powered Submarine Policy Planning Bureau, which will oversee policy, legislation, international cooperation, nuclear fuel arrangements and nuclear safety regulation.
DAPA, meanwhile, will expand its Korean Submarine Program Office into the Nuclear-Powered Submarine Program Office.