Russian President Vladimir Putin is deploying nuclear-armed submarines “dangerously close” to the United States and European allies, a Senate Democrat said following a trip to the Arctic Circle. “No one is suggesting that Putin is contemplating a nuclear launch against a NATO country, but it’s not clear how tethered to reality Putin is,” Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy told reporters Monday.
“And it should make us nervous that many of his submarines are starting to get dangerously close to the U.S. and our allies.” Murphy made the comments while arguing that the Navy needs to pursue an aggressive plan to replace aging American submarines, which can thwart rival countries from gathering intelligence and maintain the security of global shipping lanes. READ MORE
I seriously think the United States need to be on extremely high alert, instead of being all wrapped up in in the presidential hoopla…east and west we need to be heads up…Putin on one side and Jong-un on the other…this is very scary!!!