Russia again threatens to target US missile shield sites

General Nikolai Solovtsov, a senior Russian general, said that Russia may destroy strategic US targets which are part of the US missile shield in central Europe.

Moscow "is obliged to take corresponding measures that prevent under any circumstances the devaluing of Russia's nuclear deterrent. We should be sure that the current and future strategic missile forces...are guaranteed to fulfil the task of strategic deterrence," he said.