Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the delayed Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile will be deployed this year. His comment was made on the eve of the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine.
The RS-28 was first announced by Putin in 2018 and was supposed to be deployed last year. There are suspicions that Russia carried out a failed test of the missile earlier this week just before US President Joe Biden visited Ukraine. This missile is 115 feet and has a range of 18,000km. The missile can carry at least 10 multiple targetable reentry vehicles, all of which have a nuclear warhead and can be aimed at a different target. Last June, Putin said the missile would be deployed by the end of 2022.
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