Russia test-fired the “RS-28 SARMAT”
Highlights:
- Russia test-fired the “RS-28 SARMAT,” world’s “most powerful” nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile
- Russia’s most powerful ICBM is the RS-28 Sarmat, dubbed “Satan 2” by NATO.
- It is a super-heavy, thermonuclear-armed intercontinental-range ballistic missile.
- The Sarmat was supposed to take the place of the Soviet-built Voevoda, which had three warheads and was designed in 1962.
- The Sarmat weighs 200 metric tonnes (220 tonnes) and has a longer range, allowing it to fly across the North and South poles and strike targets anywhere on the planet.
- The Sarmat, carries a greater number of more potent nuclear warheads.
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