This missile, the RS-28 Sarmat (NATO codename: SS-X-29 or SS-X-3, and already unofficially nicknamed “Satan-II”), is designed to be an apex engine of atomic annihilation in the event of a full ...

Russia had at one point said the Sarmat would be ready by 2018, replacing the Soviet-era SS-18, but the date for deployment has been repeatedly pushed back. Putin said in October 2023 that Russia ...

The missile entered service in 2023, but since then, all attempts to test launch ready-to-use missiles have failed. The test of the RS-28 Sarmat was a complete failure. The missile exploded in the ...

In satellite imagery released last week, Russia appears to have experienced a setback in testing for its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile at a remote launch site roughly 500 miles north ...

Russia is moving to make its terrifying Sarmat missile system - also known as the Satan II - "combat ready". Russian Strategic Missile Forces Commander, Colonel General Sergey Karakayev said that ...

Late last week, Russia's military planned to launch a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on a test flight from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Imagery captured over the weekend from ...

Russia appears to have suffered a “catastrophic failure” in a test of its Sarmat missile, a key weapon in the modernisation of its nuclear arsenal, according to analysis of satellite images of ...

Satellite photos showing a 200-foot-wide crater at a launch site indicate that the Sarmat missile, said by the Kremlin to travel at five times the speed of sound, might not be ready for duty.

LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Russia appears to have suffered a "catastrophic failure" in a test of its Sarmat missile, a key weapon in the modernisation of its nuclear arsenal, according to arms ...