U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in “the appropriate regions” in response to remarks from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about the risk of war between the nuclear-armed adversaries. Security analysts called Trump’s move a rhetorical escalation with Moscow, but not necessarily a military one, given that the United States already has nuclear-powered submarines that are deployed and capable of striking Russia. Medvedev on Thursday said Trump should remember that Moscow possessed Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of last resort, after Trump had told Medvedev to “watch his words.” The U.S. Navy and the Pentagon declined to comment on Trump’s remarks or on whether submarines had been moved. Trump’s comments came at a time of mounting tension between Washington and Moscow as Trump grows frustrated with President Vladimir Putin’s failure to negotiate an end to his over three-year-old invasion of Ukraine. Security experts have noted that the United States has historically refrained from matching Russia’s nuclear-saber rattling due to the risks surrounding the world’s most devastating weaponry.
Trump has ordered the relocation of nuclear submarines following Russian ‘provocative statements’. Huong 603
