New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- A member of the Russian Parliament Duma said there are enough Russian nuclear submarines in the high seas to tackle two American subs dispatched by US President Donald Trump to counter Russia.

"The number of Russian nuclear submarines in the world's oceans is significantly higher than the American ones," a senior Russian lawmaker, Viktor Vodolatsky, was quoted as saying by TASS.

He added that the submarines that US President Donald Trump ordered to be "redirected to the appropriate regions have long been under their [Russian nuclear submarines] control."

"So, no response from the Russian Federation to the American leader's statement about the submarines is required," Vodolatsky said.

Vodolatsky's statement came af...