The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Fleet, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper, announced a significant threat to Russia's national security from US ships equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles. According to him, such ships are capable of striking most of Russian territory, which requires Russia to have a modern navy capable of fending off this threat.

Admiral Evmenov emphasized that several factors influence the formation of a military threat in Russia’s oceanic and maritime directions. He paid special attention to the constant patrolling of US ships at sea equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles. These missiles can deliver a massive attack on targets across most of Russia.

Evmenov also noted the presence of powerful groups of foreign navies in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as in the Mediterranean Sea. He expressed concern about the plans of other countries aimed at infringing on the interests of the Russian Federation in the Arctic, in particular, through revising the status of the Northern Sea Route and the possibility of the passage of warships. The active deployment of naval groups of the naval missile defense component and the exploration of the Arctic basin by nuclear submarines of the US and British Navy are also a source of threat.

The admiral emphasized the need to have a modern Navy capable of fending off these threats and, together with other branches and branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, to ensure strategic nuclear and non-nuclear deterrence from aggression and the protection of Russia’s national interests in the World Ocean.

Open data indicates that the main carriers of Tomahawk cruise missiles are Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and Ticonderoga-class cruisers of the US Navy, which in total can carry more than 7 thousand Tomahawk missiles. This statement emphasizes the seriousness of the perception of the military threat from the United States and the need to strengthen Russia's defensive potential in maritime areas.