News Story: Missile submarine joining US naval 'armada' bound for Korean Peninsula

USS Michigan (Image: Wiki Commons)

By: Christopher P. Cavas

WASHINGTON — It may not be “far more powerful than the aircraft carrier” — as President Trump said in a recent interview, but a well-armed submarine also seems bound for Korea, U.S. and South Korean officials are saying. 

The Korean Yonhap news agency reported Monday that the U.S. cruise missile submarine Michigan is about to arrive in the region, while UPI cited the Korean-language newspaper Donga Ilbo as reporting the submarine would pull in to the Korean port of Busan on Tuesday. 

For the record, U.S. officials would not comment on the reports. 

“U.S. Navy ships and submarines routinely make port calls in a variety of locations,” Lt. Cmdr. Matt Knight, a spokesman with the Pearl Harbor-based U.S. Pacific Fleet, said Monday in a statement. “As a matter of routine, we do not discuss future operations or the details regarding the operations of our submarines. USS Michigan is currently on a routine deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific.” 

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