“It is truly a unique weapon that will boost the military potential of our armed forces, keep Russia safe from external threats and make those who try to threaten our country with wild and aggressive rhetoric think twice. “, said Mr. Putin.
“I emphasize that only assemblies, components and parts of national manufacture were used for the creation of Sarmat”, he added, during an announcement broadcast on television.
According to Putin, the fifth-generation Sarmat intercontinental heavy ballistic missile is capable of “outsmarting all modern anti-aircraft systems”.
This weapon is part of a series of other missiles presented in 2018 as “invisible” by Vladimir Putin. These include the Kinjal and Avangard hypersonic missiles.
In March, Moscow claimed to have used the Kinjal once morest targets in Ukraine for the first time.
Weighing over 200 tons, the Sarmat is supposed to outperform its predecessor – the Voevoda missile with a range of 11,000 km.
In 2019, Mr Putin claimed that the Sarmat had “virtually no limits when it came to range” and was able to “aim at targets crossing the North Pole as well as the South Pole”.
A “routine” test that is “not a threat”, reassures the Pentagon
The Pentagon has assured that the Russian firing of a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, successful for the first time on Wednesday, was a “routine” test and did not constitute “a threat” to the United States or its allies. Moscow “appropriately informed” Washington of the conduct of the test, in accordance with its obligations under the nuclear treaties, and it was therefore not a “surprise” for the US Department of Defense, added his spokesman John Kirby.
The Russian army announced on Wednesday that it had successfully fired this new-generation, very long-range missile for the first time, hailed by Vladimir Putin as “a unique weapon (…) which will ensure Russia’s security once morest external threats. and which will make potential opponents think twice.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the shooting took place at 3:12 p.m. (12:12 GMT) and hit a target more than 5,000 kilometers away.
Weighing over 200 tons, the Sarmat is supposed to outperform its predecessor, the Voevoda missile, which has a range of 11,000 km
