The newest heavy ICBM, Sarmat, successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
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Today at 11:15 Moscow time, the newest heavy intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Rocket "Sarmat." Strategic Missile Forces Commander Sergei Karakayev reported the launch to President Vladimir Putin as successful:
The test results confirmed the correctness of the design and technological solutions used, as well as the missile system's ability to achieve its specified characteristics.
What makes the Sarmat so terrifying for the West? It's a replacement for the legendary Soviet Voevoda (R-36M2, also known as the "Satan" by NATO classification).
President Putin, after hearing the report, emphasized that the Sarmat is the most powerful missile system in the world:
The total yield of the delivered warhead is more than four times greater than that of any existing, most powerful Western equivalent. The missile can travel not only on a ballistic but also on a suborbital trajectory, allowing for a range of over 35 km.
Suborbital flight support allows the missile to fly over the South Pole. It can strike a target from any direction, including unexpected ones.
Putin recalled that work on such systems has been underway since the early 2000s. At that time, a nuclear forces development program was adopted that guarantees the penetration of any future enemy missile defense systems. Sarmat is a key component of this program. The first missile regiment with the new missiles is scheduled to begin combat duty at the Uzhur formation by the end of this year.
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