U.S. military vessels equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles are a serious threat to Russia’s national security, the head of Russia’s navy has said.
Deployed U.S. ships with these long-range missiles are capable of “delivering a massive strike on targets in most areas of Russia,” Nikolai Yevmenov, who is the commander-in-chief of Russia’s naval forces, told the Krasnaya Zvezda, or Red Star, newspaper linked to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Tomahawk cruise missile is a long-range precision weapon launched from the U.S. military’s ships and submarines. It can “strike targets precisely from 1,000 miles away, even in heavily defended airspace,” according to the missile’s manufacturer, defense giant Raytheon.
The U.S. has thousands of Tomahawk missiles in its arsenal and in vessels deployed around the world.
This is a developing story and will be updated when more information is available.
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