Hours after U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines to regions near Russia, Russian lawmaker Viktor Vodolatsky responded by stating that the number of Russian nuclear submarines operating in the world’s oceans is significantly higher than that of the United States. Hours after U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines to regions near Russia, Russian lawmaker Viktor Vodolatsky responded by stating that the number of Russian nuclear submarines operating in the world’s oceans is significantly higher than that of the United States.