According to U.S. President Trump's statement on August 1: "U.S. submarines are closer to Russia." "U.S. Navy nuclear submarines have entered the relevant area," and "the goal is to 'protect American citizens.' "Trump claimed that he had dispatched two nuclear submarines to deter Russia, but this claim was severely questioned by American media, as the movements of the U.S. Navy's strategic nuclear submarines are state secrets. For the U.S. Navy, it can't even beat the Houthi rebels, how could two nuclear submarines threaten Russia? The best way for Trump to protect American citizens is not to make provocative remarks that stimulate the other side. Now, all countries' nuclear weapons are facing each other, so there is no need to prepare specifically. What Trump said is just a well-known fact. Medvedev could also say that two Borei-class submarines are deployed near the United States to scare President Trump. Russia doesn't need to scare, because the Russian Navy's Borei-class strategic nuclear submarines often appear near the United States, which needs no doubt. Trump is gambling on the damage to the Russian Navy's Far East base, the Kamchatka nuclear submarine base, caused by this earthquake. It is very likely that the intelligence provided by the U.S. military to Trump's subordinates has led Trump to believe that the Russian Navy's nuclear submarine forces suffered major losses in the tsunami caused by this earthquake.
However, this view and idea were quickly refuted by Japan: Japan publicly released high-definition satellite images, compared the Russian Navy's Kamchatka nuclear submarine base before and after the earthquake, especially the satellite images of the Russian Navy's Far East Kamchatka nuclear submarine base on July 17 and July 31. Obviously, the Russian Navy's submarines did not show significant damage, and the surrounding infrastructure was only slightly damaged. On July 31, the Russian Navy deployed forces at the Kamchatka Peninsula base, including three Oscar-class, one Akula-class attack nuclear submarines, two Borei-class and one Delta-class strategic nuclear submarines. At least two Yasen-M-class missile nuclear submarines and three Borei-class strategic nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy's Kamchatka Peninsula base were not in port, and were secretly conducting combat readiness cruises.
This is equivalent to Japan hitting Trump's face hard. After all, facing such a big earthquake and tsunami, the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet's strategic nuclear submarine base was completely fine, and the Russian nuclear submarine force was unscathed. But Trump was still hoping that the Russian Navy's nuclear submarine force would be heavily damaged, and the result would be a complete disappointment.
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