MOSCOW, January 18 - RIA Novosti. The presence of hypersonic Zircon missiles in Russia makes it unnecessary to deploy military infrastructure, in particular, in Latin America, believes the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrei Kartapolov.
"With the availability of modern weapons, such as hypersonic, this is not necessary [to host Russian military bases in Cuba and in Venezuela] have not, because, being in the same conditional point of the Atlantic ocean, the ship, armed with missiles "Zircon", it is able to perform any task and then leave – it may be a surface ship or submarine", - he told, answering an appropriate question in the program " Solovyov.Live "
According to Kartapolov, the base is a "stationary object", which on the one hand itself carries a threat, but is also vulnerable.
"Therefore, I think there is no such need, and it is hardly being considered, but nothing can be excluded in our world," he added.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, speaking about the possibility of deploying Russia's military infrastructure in Cuba and Venezuela, said he did not want to confirm or exclude anything. National Security Adviser to the US President Jake Sullivan, in turn, noted that the US would give a "decisive response" if Russia deployed its troops in Latin America.
