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MOSCOW, March 9 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti. The US can respond to any attack from Russia, said the Chairman of the Strategic Command of the US Armed Forces, General John Hayten.

He stated this during a budget hearing in the House of Representatives Committee on the Armed Forces, commenting on the message of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly, in which he told about the latest weapons.

"We are ready for all existing threats, and no one should doubt this," said Hayten.

The general is confident that, in addition to a massive attack on the United States, Russia will not be able to do anything that Washington could not answer.

"By the way, they do not know where our submarines are, and they are capable of destroying their country if we follow this path," he concluded.

Earlier, a group of senators called on US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to begin a dialogue with Russia on strategic stability after President Vladimir Putin's message to the Federal Assembly, in which he told about new weapons.

According to the head of state, the Strategic Nuclear Forces included 80 new intercontinental ballistic missiles, 102 ballistic missiles of submarines and three strategic missile submarines "Borey". In the message, the head of state also demonstrated the test frames of the missile complex with the planned winged unit, showed the Russian missile with the nuclear power installation and the Sarmat complex.

The new "National Defense Strategy" US Pentagon called the major threats to American security, China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. It is noted that the most significant threat to the United States is Russia's nuclear weapons. Washington also accused Moscow of financing the "destabilization of cyberspace."

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