The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) has arrived in Busan, South Korea, U.S. Pacific Fleet announced today in a written statement.

At 170m (560feet) long, the USS Michigan is one of the world’s largest submarines.

The submarine provides the Navy with “unprecedented strike and special operation mission capabilities from a stealthy, clandestine platform,” the U.S. Navy said in the statement.

The vessel is also carrying Tomahawk cruise missiles: the kind used in early April’s attack on the Shayrat airbase in Syria by the U.S. navy.

“USS Michigan can carry up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles. The submarine was