Dec. 18 (Asia Today) -- Nuclear-powered submarines should be viewed as an industrial, technology and energy strategy before they are treated as a defense procurement project, Hanyang University public policy professor Moon Geun-sik said, arguing that South Korea risks losing ground in future maritime industries if it delays an SSN program.
Moon, a special professor at Hanyang University's Graduate School of Public Policy, said the public debate often starts from a flawed premise: that nuclear-powered submarines are simply expensive weapons systems and therefore a "black hole" for defense spending.
Below is an edited Q&A from an interview with Moon.
Q: You have said the "question itself is flawed" in South Korea's nuclear submarine debate. Why?
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