U.S. plans rare nuclear missile submarine visit in message to North Korea

FILE PHOTO: The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Alaska (SSBN 732) returns to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay following a patrol, in Kings Bay, Georgia, in this May 22, 2014, handout photo provided by the U. S. Navy. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/ Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rex Nelson/Handout via Reuters /File Photo

For the first time since the 1980s a U.S. Navy nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) will visit South Korea to help demonstrate Washington's resolve to protect the country from a North Korean attack.

The visit was announced in a joint declaration during a summit between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on Wednesday.