Hell of a delivery method to deliver sanctions or tariffs, or to tariff the sanctions, Bigly. U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in "the appropriate regions" in response to statements from former Russian President Dimitri Medvedev.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in "the appropriate regions" in response to statements from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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"Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dirty Molotov ... 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 in a social media post…’cuz publicly throwing that out onto his social media platform is the most diplomatically retarded method of diffusing that situation.
He added: "Words (like nuclear submarines off of another nations coast) are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances."
(He did not specify what he meant by "nuclear submarines." Submarines may be nuclear-powered, or armed with nuclear missiles, but maybe those words aren’t as important?)
It is extremely rare for the U.S. military to discuss the deployment and location of U.S. submarines on social media platforms given their sensitive mission in nuclear deterrence. The U.S. Navy declined comment. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Only six countries operate nuclear-powered submarines: the U.S., the UK, Russia, China, France and India.
The U.S. Navy has 71 commissioned submarines including 53 fast attack submarines, 14 ballistic-missile submarines, and four guided-missile submarines. All of them are nuclear-powered, but only some carry nuclear weapon-tipped missiles, and some of those are kind of pointy.
