Upon completion of the test program, the Sarmat missile system will enter service along with the Strategic Missile Forces.
At the Plesetsk State Test Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region (Russia), on April 20, the Sarmat stationary-based intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully launched from a silo launcher. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
It was noted that the launch activities have been completed in full. The design characteristics are confirmed in all stages of its flight. The warheads arrived in training at a particular place at the Kura training ground on the Kamchatka Peninsula. This launch is the first in the state exams program.
The Ministry of Defense said that after the completion of the test program, the Sarmat missile system will enter service along with the Strategic Missile Forces.
It was reported that with the development of the Uzhur missile in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, work was underway to prepare the head missile regiment for re -equipment with a new missile system. The Sarmat missile system will replace the Voevoda.
“The Sarmat complex is a product exclusively of Russian industrial cooperation. Thanks to the energy-mass characteristics of the missile, its range of combat equipment has fundamentally expanded both in terms of the number of warheads. and types, including hypersonic gliding units. The new missile is capable of hitting long -range targets using a variety of flight paths “, the message said.
The Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Sarmat missile has unique characteristics that allow it to reliably overcome any existing and future anti-missile defense system.
The Sarmat is the most powerful missile with the longest range of hitting targets in the world, which will significantly enhance the combat power of the country’s strategic nuclear forces.
Recall that North Korea has announced successful tests that will “significantly improve tactical nuclear capabilities.”
It was also reported that the United States secretly tested a hypersonic missile.
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Source: korrespondent
