Launch of Sarmat ICBM at Plesetsk CosmodromeMOSCOW, 21 Apr. Readers of the British edition of the Daily Mail were alarmed by Russia's test of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. They expressed their opinion in the comments to the relevant article. Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the successful launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile at the Plesetsk cosmodrome. «The states are already loading their Lego rockets!» — wrote EconomicSavvy. «This is alarming, especially considering that China, Russia's ally, is armed with a fully completed first-ever hypersonic missile capable of carrying a nuclear charge,» John Davidson UK noted. «Russia has almost 1,500 nuclear missiles deployed and another 5,000 in reserve,” Omegatrooper supported the previous commentator. “And our (British – Approx. ed.) prime minister makes us a target,” summed up diane7.
The Sarmat Missile Regiment will take up combat duty in 2022. The Sarmat is a strategic missile system with a heavy liquid-propellant ICBM, the weight of one such missile exceeds 200 tons. According to open sources, the thrown mass is ten tons. The complex will replace Voyevoda missiles in the Strategic Missile Forces.Read the full text of the article on the InoSMI website >>
