00:00 A strategic next-generation missile that Russian President Vladimir Putin once described as
00:11 invincible has now been deployed for combat duty.
00:14 Yuri Borisov, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said that Samet missiles
00:20 have assumed combat duty.
00:22 Russian President Vladimir Putin has once said that this missile would make Russia's
00:26 enemies think twice about their threats.
00:29 The Kremlin had previously stated that the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles
00:33 would be ready for combat duty by the end of 2022, but that deadline had long passed
00:39 and in June, Putin had said that the new missile system would be deployed for combat duty soon
00:44 without naming a specific date.
00:47 Russia had tested one of its Sarmat warheads during a visit to Ukraine by US President
00:51 Joe Biden in February 2023, but the test was apparently unsuccessful.
00:56 The RS-28 Sarmat, dubbed "Satan-2" by the West, is among Russia's next-generation missiles
01:02 unveiled by Putin in 2018, which also include the Kindal and Avangard hypersonic missiles.
01:08 It is a three-stage, liquid-fuelled missile.
01:11 Weighing more than 200 tonnes and able to transport multiple warheads, Sarmat is designed
01:16 to elude anti-missile defence systems with a short initial boost phase, giving enemy
01:21 surveillance systems a narrow window to track it down.
01:24 The ballistic missile system is capable of carrying at least 10 large nuclear warheads,
01:29 16 smaller ones, a combination of warheads and countermeasures or hypersonic boost-glide
01:35 vehicles and is intended to replace the R-36 ICBMs.
01:40 This super-heavy thermonuclear-armed ICBM is thought to be Russia's most powerful ICBM
01:45 till date.
01:46 It has a range of about 18,000 km and can travel at a maximum speed of 25,500 km/h.
01:53 The RS-28 Sarmat is said to be able to carry a nuclear payload large enough to wipe out
02:00 an area the size of Texas.
02:02 While the RS-28 Sarmat can be launched much like a regular ICBM, sending a payload high
02:08 into the stratosphere before the warhead plummets to Earth, it is thought to be also capable
02:13 of what is called fractional orbital bombardment.
02:16 The low orbit gives it an almost limitless range and makes it hard to determine the intended
02:22 target.
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