aggression is about to get harder. the head of norad, the north american aerospace defense command warning a new generation of russian cruise missiles could strike critical military radars and missiles inside the united states. >> the development of the cruise missiles that they have that have a very long range, that from the russian, from eastern russia, they can range critical infrastructure in alaska and canada that we rely on for homeland defense mission. >> reporter: this is the missile, the kh-101. it's a non-nuclear long-range cruise missile now in the final stages of russian development. its 2,000 mile plus range gives the russians the ability to fire from near their own coastline. it's highly precise, flies low and is difficult to detect. >> if we don't have the ability to detect it, we can't defend against it. >> reporter: that means not just alaska is at risk but even the eastern united states from