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Donald Trump Moves Nuclear Subs in Response to Russian Official's Remarks
Newsweek ^ | 8/1/2025 | Andrew Stanton and Gabe Whisnant

Posted on 08/01/2025 10:25:07 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

President Donald Trump said Friday that he had ordered two nuclear submarines in the "appropriate regions" in response to recent statements made by Demitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the security council of the Russian Federation.

Medvedev said Thursday to to remember that Moscow possessed Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of last resort after Trump told Medvedev to "watch his words."

Trump posted on Truth Social, "Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, 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. Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


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1 posted on 08/01/2025 10:25:07 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Time to stop making excuses for the evil scumbags that run Russia.

There is NO excuse for the pure manure that comes out of the Kremlin.


2 posted on 08/01/2025 10:27:17 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: marcusmaximus

‘Vladimir, if you do it {Ukraine}, we’re hitting Moscow.’ I said, ‘We’re gonna hit Moscow.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XtqhOUCuPk&t=5s

TRUMP-”But if we didn’t have it we couldn’t talk but I listened to him constantly using the n word , that’s the n word, and he’s constantly using it. The nuclear word, and we never talk, we say oh, he’s a nuclear power, but we’re a greater nuclear power.”
(snip)
“You should say look , if you mention that word, one more time, we’re going to send them over and we’ll be coasting back and forth up and down your coast. You can’t let this tragedy continue. You can’t let these thousands of people die. It’s going to be hundreds of thousands and maybe millions of people by the time it ends.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-c1Me0Kezg&t=206s


3 posted on 08/01/2025 10:28:48 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: marcusmaximus

Where’s Gabbard?


4 posted on 08/01/2025 10:35:30 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: marcusmaximus

I seriously doubt that any subs are being moved more than 100 feet from their normal station...

Trump is just issuing a reminder to the Russian leadership...


5 posted on 08/01/2025 10:44:50 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: ansel12
Putin had better tell Medvedev to zip it. Trump is not being intimidated.

I sure as hell don’t want to see a nuclear war. There is too much at stake, that punk Zelenskyy and the bully Putin are trying to drag us in. I say “Zelenskyy and Europe, you’re on your own. This isn’t our fight”.

6 posted on 08/01/2025 10:51:20 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: marcusmaximus

“I am Muhammad Ali I am the greatest you hear me Joe Frazier”


7 posted on 08/01/2025 10:52:50 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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To: telescope115

Submitting to Russia and retreating from Europe in the face of attacking Russian and North Korean armies battling in this massive war, is not the road to peace.


8 posted on 08/01/2025 10:59:33 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: All

Numbers:

Russia has a few hundred more strategic nuclear warheads deployed than the US. The US deploys 80% of its warheads on submarines and Russia deploys about 60% of its warheads on submarines.

Minimum sea distance from a body of water that could support submarine dives to Moscow . . . hundreds of miles from Gulf of Finland or the Baltic sea.

Minimum sea distance from a body of water that could support submarine dives to Washington DC. Maybe 100 miles, offshore Maryland inbound.

And worst of all, typical Russian warheads have a great deal more yield than US warheads.

Make no mistake here, Russian strategic weapon arsenal is fundamentally superior to that of the US. The US had to move warheads to submarines because the NoDak, Montana and Colorado silos are simply too close to Russian subs. In contrast, Russian ICBMs are mobile and can start moving when US launch is detected. US yields being lower, they can escape the blast area of the aim point of where they were, not are.

Russia will not attack, even with these advantages. They don’t want millions killed by the warheads that arrive. But understand the numbers. Their strategic forces are greater than that of the US.

The greatest overall danger? A launch from a UK submarine. This would end the UK and force a Trump response.


9 posted on 08/01/2025 11:01:05 AM PDT by Owen
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To: marcusmaximus

This means THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CHANGE IN US NUCLEAR POSTURE.

We have two Trident boats on station at all times.

PAC and LANT.

And have since about 1965...not Tridents, but SSBNs.


10 posted on 08/01/2025 11:10:08 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: marcusmaximus

Okay, let’s just go ahead and end the human race over Ukraine. It is a moral imperative.


11 posted on 08/01/2025 11:24:38 AM PDT by odawg
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To: odawg

Tell Medvedev to sit down and shut up.


12 posted on 08/01/2025 11:30:41 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: odawg

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

Vladimir Solovyov has been threatening nuclear holocaust for year on Russian state tv.


13 posted on 08/01/2025 11:38:21 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: Mariner

I notice he did not say SSBN were being deployed. We have 4 SSGNs that have been used to rattle sabers in South China Sea. They carry around 150 Tomahawks in 7 shot rotary launchers inside the Trident tubes. TLAM-N was retired over a decade ago so they’re all conventional but they can really ruin someone’s day.


14 posted on 08/01/2025 12:10:57 PM PDT by atomic_dog
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To: ansel12

There is no easy road to peace. I wish there was.


15 posted on 08/01/2025 12:38:56 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: telescope115

My point was that your plan is no path to peace, easy or not.


16 posted on 08/01/2025 12:43:32 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: marcusmaximus

Trump should let the Z man and Putin fight. Ukraine is not our fight.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump sends troops to Ukraine to fight Russia.


17 posted on 08/01/2025 12:44:30 PM PDT by moviefan8
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To: marcusmaximus

DefCon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Pick your favorite.


18 posted on 08/01/2025 12:45:19 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: moviefan8
Trump should let the Z man and Putin fight. Ukraine is not our fight.

Without our help, Ukraine collapses.

Trump gets impeached by Democrats and Republicans in Congress.

19 posted on 08/01/2025 12:46:32 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: marcusmaximus
Didn't The Soviet Union uuuh . . . Russia deploy their much ballyhooed Tidal-Wave submarine to be near to US?
20 posted on 08/01/2025 1:14:08 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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