Russia successfully tested the unique “killer” super missile Sarmat
President Putin congratulates the military on a successful test launch Super Ballistic Missile“unique” new RS-28 Sarmat.
On April 20, the Russian Defense Ministry said, intercontinental ballistic missile Russia’s new RS-28 Sarmat was successfully launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the north of the country at 15:12 Moscow time (12:12 GMT).
This was the first test launch in a series of tests that were ultimately necessary for Russia’s strategic forces to receive the new ICBM.
RT reported, intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads flew across the country, hitting targets in the Kamchatka peninsula, the Far East, nearly 6,000 km away. “Inert warheads landed at a designated area at the Kura training ground on the Kamchatka Peninsula,” the military said.
New silo-based strategic rockets set to replace ICBM R-36M/R-36M2 Voevoda. Compared to its predecessor, the Sarmat can carry more weapons, as well as be equipped with new types of warheads, including “supersonic gliding warheads”.
President Vladimir Putin called the launch a “significant event” for Russia, congratulating the military on the successful test launch.
“The new system has top tactical characteristics and can penetrate any modern anti-missile defense system. There is no such missile in the world and there won’t be for a long time,” Putin said.
“This truly unique weapon will strengthen the potential of our armed forces, reliably guaranteeing Russia’s security against external threats,” the Russian leader stressed. .
Video of the launch released by the Russian military shows the Sarmat missile leaving the silo, adjusting itself in the air, and then launching into the sky.
The ICBM Sarmat (RS-28) intercontinental ballistic missile was developed at the National Missile Center named after VP Makeyev. Makeyev mainly develops sea-deployed ICBMs. According to experts, ICBM RS-28 Sarmat is capable of delivering a detached warhead weighing up to 10 tons to any location in the world, including across the North and South Poles.
This new missile weighs 208.1 tons, is equipped with 10–15 MIRV warheads (multi-directional warheads, each head is capable of targeting many different targets at the same time), the warhead weight is nearly 10 tons and fuel is 178 tons. ICBM Sarmat’s firing range is 18,000km.
Sarmat’s first stage engine was the PDU-99 engine (evolved from the RD-274 engine). The Sarmat liquid-fueled rocket reaches speeds of up to Mach 20.7, equivalent to 25,560km/h.
Work on the development of Russia’s Sarmat project began in 2011. The new missile will be able to hit targets both over the North Pole and over the South Pole, bypassing missile defense systems.
TASS quoted Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Roscosmos space agency, as saying the Russian nuclear force will begin receiving deliveries of the new missile “in the fall of this year” after testing is complete.
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