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In a warning to Russia, President Donald Trump said Friday he’s ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines “based on the highly provocative statements” of the country’s former president, Dmitry Medvedev, who has raised the prospect of war online.

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[-] CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago

Good job Mr president. Now you've helped Russia with a few things.

  1. If they know where the sub's are, they now know if you lie or tell the truth about the sub's.
  2. If they didn't know where the sub's are, they now know where they probably weren't, and where they may be going
  3. In either case, they know you've fucked with their patrol routes, which may give them yet another advantage with finding them; or seeing how you influence their routes
[-] Sandouq_Dyatha@lemmy.ml 1 points 48 minutes ago

Good, I hope Russia destroys every single American submarine

[-] limer@lemmy.ml 10 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

The fact that Trump is reacting to Medvedev, the powerless guy who drunk posts, is mildly interesting and shows the orange devil is desperate for distractions

[-] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You don’t really need to reposition nuclear subs as a show of power - that’s not how they work.

They play a specific role in nuclear deterrence, in that they stay hidden and provide retaliation capability in case the mainland gets attacked and nuclear silos in Montana, etc. get destroyed.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Yeah we can nuke the goddamn moon with a missile controlled from earth. We have hypersonic jets that can carry nuclear payloads from bases all across the planet. Those are the first strike legs of the nuclear triad. The subs are terrible at first strike capacity, but so long as they remain hidden they can't really be prevented from assuring mutual destruction.

But also Trump didnt know the nuclear triad in 2016 and his brain was only mostly pudding back then

[-] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

The Trumpster, as usual, has no idea what he's talking about; I remember, I think it was in one of the debates he was asked about the nuclear triad and he clearly had no idea what it was. Always comforting to know that someone like that has their finger close to the button at all times.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Well at least we'll all go together when we go

[-] RanryuuRain@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

Isn't basically no one supposed to know where the subs are? Isn't that the whole point?

[-] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 5 points 23 hours ago

Sure, but dipshit doesn't know that, he thinks he's playing a board game.

[-] peregrin5@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

yay collapsing economy, police state, concentration camps, now cold war 2.0. thank you everyone who voted trump and/or didn't vote kamala in 2024.

[-] makyo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I will always have a bit of rage for the leftist who do nothing for four years and then whine about 'the lesser of two evils'

[-] peregrin5@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago

yep i call them chud leftists

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