Last Wednesday (20), Russian President Vladimir Putin made a speech on TV after Russia successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic nuclear missile officially called the RS-28 Sarmat and dubbed 'Satan II' (Satan II). ) by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
According to Putin, the missile is capable of launching 15 nuclear warheads anywhere in the world and makes any country “think twice” before making threats against Russia because the weapon “is capable of surpassing all modern means of anti-missile defense”.
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The artifact is 35,3 meters long and weighs 220 tons. It began development in 2000 to replace the Sovet-era R-36 or Voevoda, dubbed the 'Satan' by NATO, which can carry up to 10 light nuclear warheads in an array known as the MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Re-Entry Vehicles). .
According to the US Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the new missile has expanded to 15 warheads and has an estimated range of between 10.000 to 18.000 km. The Voevoda has a range of 10.200 to 16.000 km.
Putin also emphasized that RS-28 Sarmat parts are manufactured exclusively in Russia, which he says will make their mass production "easier and speed up the process of supplying them to the [country's] Strategic Missile Force." ”.
The 'Satan II' was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome and its "practice warheads" hit designated targets at the Kura Missile Test Range on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
US downplays Russian test
John Kirby, Pentagon press secretary, published a statement downplaying the Russian RS-28 Sarmat test. “Russia has properly notified the United States under its New START treaty obligations that it plans to test this ICBM. Such tests are routine and not a surprise. We do not consider the test a threat to the United States or its allies. The Department remains focused on Russia's illegal and unprovoked aggression against Ukraine."
It is worth remembering that the US has conducted 17 different hypersonic missile tests since 2010. Ten of them failed, but the last one was a success: a Lockheed Martin missile developed Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) and which was fired in March of this year.
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