Sarmat: Russia’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
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Sarmat: Russia’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
Inspection:
- This was ICBM Sarmat’s first test launch after the launch was in 2021.
- The test was earlier pushed to December 2021 and then later to April 2022.
- The ICBM was from Plesetsk in Russia’s North-West.
- The target was set in the Kamchatka peninsula which is around 6,000 km away.
- Before being inducted into the Russian army, the missile will be undergoing five more test launches in 2022.
Knowledge about developing an ICBM
Russia has been developing a new ICBM to replace the older ones and an announcement regarding this was made by President Vladimir Putin in 2018. By the end of 2022, a regiment will be fully armed with Sarmat ICBM will be operational.
About the missile
The RS-28 Sarmat whose NATO name is Satan-II is able to carry a minimum of ten decoys and warheads. It has the capability of firing over either pole of the earth and has a range of 11,000 to 18,000 km. This missile will also be posing a challenge to the western powers’ ground-and-satellite-based radar tracking systems. Each of the ten warheads is a Multiple Independently-Targetable Re-entry Vehicle with a blast yield of.75 MT. The Sarmat will be Russia’s first ICBM that can carry smaller hypersonic boost-glide vehicles. These are hard to intercept as they are manoeuvrable. This ICBM is much more lethal than the R-36M Voyevoda ICBMs (NATO name Satan) as it has upgraded guidance systems, electronic countermeasures, and alternative warhead carrying capacity. This ICBM is a liquid-fuelled missile as compared to the ones that are used by the US.