Recently, the United States and Russia have started a verbal confrontation over the Ukraine-Russia conflict. The US has demanded that Russia must cease fire within 10 days, otherwise it will impose a 100% tariff on Russia and its trade partners. In response to the US's aggressive stance, Medvedev, the former president of Russia and currently the second head of the Russian Federation Security Council, publicly stated that the US's threats are a "ultimatum game," and reiterated that Russia has the capability for nuclear strikes. The US has repeatedly issued ultimatums recently; Trump previously claimed that Russia should stop the war within 50 days, but has recently changed his position, demanding that Russia stop the war within 10 to 12 days, or face increased sanctions.
After Russian officials publicly responded to the US ultimatum, Trump seems to be getting serious. According to U.S. media reports, Trump has ordered two U.S. nuclear submarines to be positioned. U.S. media claim that the U.S. Navy's two nuclear submarines have been deployed to the relevant positions in order to prevent Medvedev's statements from becoming reality. The U.S. Navy has a large number of nuclear submarines, including attack nuclear submarines, strategic missile nuclear submarines, and cruise missile nuclear submarines. During Israel's air strike on Iran, the U.S. Navy used cruise missile nuclear submarines to attack targets inside Iran, while the U.S. Air Force used seven B-2A stealth bombers to conduct strike missions inside Iran.
The U.S. media did not disclose the model and specific location of the stationed U.S. Navy nuclear submarines. From a strategic deterrence perspective, the U.S. Navy is likely to have deployed Ohio-class strategic missile nuclear submarines, which can establish deterrence against Russia through the Trident II D5 intercontinental ballistic missiles. Recently, Russia has launched new strategic missile nuclear submarines, and during the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Russia has not stopped the construction of strategic forces, mainly by building new Borei-class strategic missile nuclear submarines to expand Russia's deterrent capabilities. Russia has a triad of deterrent forces, including sea-based strategic missiles, strategic bombers, and land-based strategic missiles. The scale of Russia's nuclear weapons is comparable to that of the United States, which is why Medvedev dares to make such public statements.
Recently, Russia has used Tu-95MS strategic bombers to conduct deterrent patrols near U.S. airspace, during which the U.S. Air Force used F-16C/D and F-35A fighters to intercept them. In fact, the Russian Air Force also used Su-35 fighters to escort the Tu-95MS strategic bombers, thus being able to respond to the U.S. Air Force's countermeasures. Russia and the U.S. have long been in a state of rivalry, hence the situation of using strategic bombers for deterrence. In fact, the U.S. Air Force also uses strategic bombers to approach Russia, usually in the European direction. Therefore, regarding the use of strategic bombers, Russia and the U.S. are equally matched.
In recent stages, the U.S. has been pressuring Russia, trying to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict by forcing Russia to yield. In fact, the continuation of the Ukraine-Russia conflict is directly related to Western support for Ukraine. If the U.S. and European Western countries had not provided long-term military aid to Ukraine, the conflict would have ended long ago. However, now the U.S. has shifted all the blame onto Russia, leading to the scenario of threatening Russia with a 100% tariff. Obviously, the U.S. is a typical double standard.
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