"This step by the United States could lead to an arms race at the global level, which, in addition to further destabilization and a threat to peace and international security, will force other countries to bear heavy economic costs," RIA Novosti quoted the official representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Abbas Mousavi.
He also called on the international community to respond appropriately to this incident.
Earlier, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky said that Russia would raise the issue of Washington’s aggressive arms policy at the fall sessions of PACE and the OSCE PA.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin instructed to develop a response to the US test of a new rocket, which occurred on August 19.
As the Pentagon specified, the development of a ground-based missile began in February.