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Russia’s new missile has no rival yet?

That was stated by the Commander of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces Sergey Karakayev on April 24. Last week, the RS-28 Sarmat ballistic missile passed the first of a series of final tests in the Russian military’s reception process.

Mr. Karakayev told the TV channel Rossiya 1: “The development of Avangard heralds a new era: the era of hypersonic weapons”. Mr. Karakayev also added that Sarmat can make this weapon even more effective.

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The Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile during its first test launch last week. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense

“The Sarmat is much more powerful than the current Avangard integrated missile,” explained Karakayev. The Sarmat ballistic missile is specially designed to carry the Avangard warhead. Therefore, the new missile is capable of carrying more warheads than the ICBM UR-100UTTKh which is being used by the Russian Strategic Missile Forces.

It is not yet clear how many hypersonic warheads the Sarmat can be equipped with. The UR-100UTTKh missile can carry up to six guided warheads (MIRV), but this number has not been confirmed for the Avangard warhead. Mr. Karakayev also did not provide any further details on the matter.

In 2018, Avangard was once assessed by President Vladimir Putin as unparalleled in its ability to penetrate missile defense systems.

Chinese media has also praised it as “absolutely invulnerable to any air or missile defense system” and “more terrifying than… a nuclear bomb”. Western nations still do not have their own hypersonic weapons. In early April, Australia, the UK and the US revealed that they would cooperate on hypersonic technology as part of the AUKUS tripartite pact.

Vladimir Degtyar, chief designer and CEO of the Makeyev Missile Center, the company behind the development of the Sarmat missile, said on April 24 that the Sarmat has a range that allows it to hit virtually any missile. any location in the world.

According to the radio RTMr. Degtyar said that this missile can have a orbit around the globe and if the target is in the Southern Hemisphere, it can be attacked from the North and vice versa, if the target is in the North can be hit. from the South.

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