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Russia declared the deployment of the RS-28 Sarmat Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), dubbed the “world’s deadliest missile.” Yury Borisov, the head of Russia’s space agency, made the announcement on Saturday. The precise date and location of the deployment, however, were not given.
The Sarmat missile has been nicknamed “Satan II”, as it will replace Soviet-era Voevoda missiles, known by the NATO designation SS-18 “Satan”.
The new missile is designed to carry out nuclear strikes on targets in the United States or Europe thousands of miles away.
Russian President Vladimir Putin previously stated that the combat capability of this next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile will make Russia’s adversaries “think twice.”
The state-run news agency TASS quoted the space agency chairman as saying, “Based on experts’ estimates, the RS-28 Sarmat is capable of delivering a MIRVed warhead weighing up to 10 tonnes to any location worldwide, both over the North and South Poles.”
According to the news agency, the Sarmat strategic system has gone into combat alert mode.
The RS-28 Sarmat is a three-stage nuclear-capable missile with a range of 18,000 kilometers and a launch weight of 208.1 metric tons. It can carry up to ten heavy or fifteen light warheads. It can also transport up to 24 Avangard hypersonic glide vehicles, which can maneuver while in flight and are difficult to intercept.
“The new complex possesses the highest tactical and technical characteristics and is capable of defeating all modern anti-missile defense systems.” It has no counterparts in the world and will not for a long time,” Putin stated previously, referring to the new missile.
The missile was launched and tested on April 20, 2022, few months after the war between Russia and Ukraine began.
Source:IT
