He stressed that Moscow has to undertake all kinds of measures only in response to external threats, including the theory of preemptive global strike advocated by NATO, deployment of the U.S. anti-missile defense in Europe and Alaska, as well as the militarization of space.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said later that Russia will respond to the preemptive global strike theory by modernizing its Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), airspace force and warfare commanding systems.