“It will make those who threaten us think twice”
On video: Russia has carried out a test launch today with its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile that serves as a warning to the world in full military escalation.
The missile can hit both the US and any European capital, and “will make those who threaten our country with their unbridled and aggressive rhetoric think twice,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said after the test’s television announcement. ballistics. It has a range of 10,000 kilometers, according to Russia. Moscow said its weapon is capable of destroying an area the size of Texas and can carry a payload of up to 15 nuclear warheads.
The missile, which was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, reached its target 6,000 kilometers away in the Kura range, on the Kamchatka peninsula, bathed by the Pacific Ocean, according to the Russian authorities. Plesetsk is located about 800 km north of Moscow and south of Arkhangelsk. The Kamchatka Peninsula is located in the Russian Far East.
The missile comes at a time of extreme geopolitical tension due to Russia’s war in Ukraine. It’s been in development for years, so its test release comes as no surprise to the West. The Sarmat “has no analogues in the world and will not have them for a long time,” Putin warned.
Russia properly notified the United States ahead of the test launch of its intercontinental ballistic missile, the Pentagon said. Shortly before, the Ministry of Defense released images showing a white missile emerging from an underground silo at a snowy launch site in a ball of fire and then rising into the sky.
According to the US government, the missile is capable of evading anti-missile defense systems. Russian television showed Putin supervising the launch by videoconference in the Kremlin and receiving a report from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, whose continuity in government has been questioned in recent weeks due to his long disappearances from the media spotlight and the slow progress of Russia in Ukraine.
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