 Russia may place its nuclear weapons in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua near the US. Russia should place its nuclear weapons in friendly countries near the US in response to Washington's alleged plans to move its own tactical arms to Europe, Russian lawmaker Alexei Zuravlev has suggested. His comments came after the Telegraph reported that the US is looking to deploy its nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time in 15 years in order to counter a supposedly increased threat from Russia. In a post on Telegram, Zuravlev, who is first deputy chairman of the Russian Parliamentary Defense Committee and leader of the Rodina Party, pointed out that Britain has its own nuclear weapons and that the US has already deployed part of its atomic arsenal to several European countries close to Russia. Therefore, it's unlikely that additional deployment of nuclear weapons to the UK would have an effect on the military political landscape. Zuravlev surmised. Nevertheless, the politicians suggested that Moscow should consider deploying its own nuclear weapons closer to the US and send them to friendly countries like Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. Zuravlev admitted, however, that weapons systems have made a big leap in the years since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Russian hypersonic missiles launched from our territory would reach the US faster than subsonic ones launched from the American underbelly, the MP wrote. He also pointed out that Russia has strategic aviation as well as a vast arsenal of submarines stationed in unknown locations around the world's oceans. We have ways to respond to any encroachments by the US and NATO, which it controls, Zuravlev said. The Russian Foreign Ministry has previously warned that Moscow would be forced to enact compensatory countermeasures in the event that American nuclear warheads return to Britain.