Since the beginning of the war of aggression against Ukraine, Russia has repeatedly threatened the possible use of an atomic bomb. Now there is one more piece of the puzzle for the threat that has been set up: according to official information, the new, high-performance RS-28 Sarmat ICBM has now entered service. It must be able to reach destinations all over the world.
The head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, Yuri Borisov, confirmed the move on Russian television on Friday, Russian agencies reported. Earlier in June, President Vladimir Putin said the nuclear missile would soon be commissioned.
According to Russian information, the weapon with the NATO designation SS-X-30 Satan 2, stationed in underground missile shafts, can carry up to 15 individually controllable warheads. It is more likely that the US military will use up to ten nuclear warheads.
Range of 18,000 km
With a total weight of 208 tons, the missile is extremely heavy and has a range of 18,000 kilometers. The new missile is intended to replace the RS-20 (NATO: SS-18 Satan) ICBMs from the 1980s.
By April 2022, the Russian Armed Forces had tested the RS-28. The missile was launched in Plesetsk in Northern Europe, the dummy explosives reached their target in Kura on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East. Series production takes place in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia.
It is unlikely to be used in Ukraine
The new missile is seen as an overt threat to the West. It is simply the deadliest weapons development since the end of the Cold War. There is a very good chance that they will not be used in Ukraine, because they are clearly too big. There is “no missile system in the world” that can intercept a missile traveling at such a high speed, according to Russia.
The three-stage rocket carrier is so powerful that it can launch satellites into orbit.
Source: Krone
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