US President Donald Trump has said that US nuclear submarines are near Russian territory after earlier saying he would make this move in response to threats from former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.

The Kremlin has urged caution following US President Donald Trump’s announcement regarding the repositioning of two American nuclear submarines. Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov downplayed the significance of Trump's remarks,

Can one seismic shock upset the equilibrium of nuclear deterrence? That question was brought into stark relief by the recent 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, which pounded the Rybachiy submarine base,