The Russian army announced on Wednesday that it had successfully carried out the first test of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new-generation, very long-range weapon that, according to the president, Vladimir Putinwill serve as a warning to the enemies of your country.
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Is regarding “a unique weapon, which will strengthen the military potential of our armed forces, ensure Russia’s security from external threats, and make those who threaten our country with unrestrained and aggressive rhetoric think twice”Putin declared following the announcement on television of the ballistic test.
“I underline that in the creation of the Sarmat only domestically produced assemblies, components and parts were used,” he added.
According to Putin, the missile ballistic intercontinental heavy fifth-generation Sarmat is capable of “defeating all modern anti-aircraft systems.”
In a video, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the launch took place at 3:12 p.m. (12:12 GMT) from the center of Plesetsk, in the Arkhangelsk region (northwest).
According to this source, the missile reached as planned an objective in another military area, that of Kura, in the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka, in the Far East, more than 5,000 kilometers away.
“Once the test program is over, the Sarmat will become part of the Russian strategic forces,” Konashenkov added.
“Strategic” forces, in their broadest definition, are designed, among other things, to intervene in the event of nuclear war.
This weapon is part of a series of other missiles presented in 2018 as “invincible” by Vladimir Putin. Among them the Kinjal and Avangard hypersonic missiles.
In March, Moscow claimed to have used the Kinjal for the first time once morest targets in Ukraine.
The Sarmat, weighing more than 200 tons, theoretically achieves better results than its predecessor, the Voevoda missile with a range of 11,000 km.
In 2019, Putin he said the Sarmat had “virtually no range limits” and was capable of “engaging targets across the North and South Poles.”
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