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Donald Trump had earlier ordered the US submarines to be moved in “appropriate regions” after Dmitry Medvedev reminded him of Russia’s Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities.
Trump confirms movement of US nuclear submarines to face Russia (Reuters File Image)
US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) reiterated his order to move two nuclear submarines to the “appropriate regions” in response to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s remarks, and said that they are “where they have to be”.
“They are in the region, yeah — where they have to be,” Trump said, in response to a query by a reporter if the nuclear submarines have been deployed to face Russia.
On Friday, responding to Medvedev’s remarks about the risk of war between the two nuclear-armed adversaries, Trump ordered two US Navy nuclear submarines to be positioned in “appropriate regions”, considering that the “inflammatory statements are more than just that”.
A day prior to that, Medvedev said that Trump should remember that Moscow possessed Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of last resort.
“Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev … I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that,” Trump said on Truth Social last Friday.
Trump’s comments about the deployment of nuclear submarines come at a time when there is mounting tension between Washington and Moscow, as he has failed to bring the Russia-Ukraine war to an end.
However, despite Trump’s assertion that the submarines were being moved to their positions, the US Navy and Pentagon have declined to comment about the remarks on whether the submarines had been moved, Reuters reported earlier.
It is very rare for the US military to give details about the deployment of its submarines due to their sensitive mission in nuclear deterrence.
Trump has not specified what he meant by “nuclear submarines.” US military submarines are nuclear-powered and can be armed with nuclear-tipped missiles, although not all are, Reuters reported.
The US has 14 Ohio Class nuclear submarines. Each one can carry up to 24 Trident II D5 missiles, which can travel up to 4,600 miles and deliver multiple nuclear warheads. Usually, between 8 and 10 of these submarines are active and deployed at any given time, according to a nuclear weapons watchdog group.
Trump also confirmed on Sunday that his special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Russia.
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