Russian defense min.: U.S. is main threat

MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the main threat to Russia is the US belief in its power superiority and its ability, as a result, to take unreasonable steps, according to Sputnik.

"When you are aware of your vulnerability and when you are interested in maintaining balance and universal equal security, it makes you turn your head on," he said.

"And when you think, as the United States continues to believe by inertia, that a balance of power has developed in your favor, a variety of ideas may come to your head, including unreasonable ones. In this situation I see now the main threat, and not only for Russia," Shoigu explained.

The minister believes that at the current level of informatization and automation, there is a high probability of errors in the weapons control system. That is why, according to him, the issues of ensuring information security have come to the forefront.

Shoigu concluded that the world has become more unpredictable and less secure, including due to the fact that Washington withdrew from two important nuclear arms control treaties.