MOSCOW. Feb 1 (Interfax) - The United States might deploy a total of 48 cruise missiles endangering central Russia, and Russia cannot ignore this threat, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
"After Aegis Ashore systems are deployed in Poland, there will be additional 24 [cruise missiles], and the total number [of missiles] operating on a range of 2,500 kilometers will reach 48," Ryabkov told the television channel Rossiya 24 (VGTRK).
"If you draw a radius on the map using a pair of compasses, you will see which areas in the European part of the Russian Federation will find themselves within the missiles' kill zone. We cannot ignore this threat," he said.