US general calls Russia an 'existential threat'

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff - General Joseph Dunford said that with their military capabilities, Russia and China pose a threat to the existence of the US.

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff - General Joseph Dunford. Photo: AFP

"Today, Russia is the largest and most significant military challenge to the United States, and remains the only potential threat. They continue to invest in capabilities that limit our ability to project power and our NATO alliance obligations in Europe," Dunford told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Dunford stressed that the Russian Federation has extensive military capabilities, with a "nuclear triad" on land, in the air and under water, as well as space and cyber potential.

"While North Korea, Iran and the Islamic State (IS) pose regional and global threats and clearly demonstrate their malign influence, none of them pose an existential threat to our homeland. Russia and China are in a different category," Dunford said.

According to Sputnik