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As tensions continue to simmer in the Korean Peninsula, North Korea has denounced the US-South Korea posturing in the region as provocative.
Working with Australia and the UK, the US is making plans to keep a close eye on China's increasingly active submarine fleet.
Ilani said on the 20th local time that Iranian submarines found and forced a US nuclear-powered submarine to surface when entering the bay. Ilani said the U.S. Florida nuclear submarine had dived into the water at the time and quietly approached the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian Navy's Fatah-class submarine spotted the situation and took action. The American submarine "corrected its course after receiving the warning," according to Iran's Tasnim News Agency. However, the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain, called it an Iranian "false message"
Iceland has informed the US government that US nuclear-powered submarines will be authorized to make brief service visits to receive supplies and exchange crew members off Iceland's coast, given that they do not carry nuclear weapons and are not equipped to do so, the Icelandic government said on Tuesday.
The US, UK, and Australia are developing new submarines in the Pacific region to counter China's growing military might.