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ICBM Sarmat Missile
April 15 , 2018
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- Russia has successfully test fired its latest nuclear Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) RS-28 Sarmat.
- The test was carried out at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, as spaceport in the west of Russia, close to the Arctic Circle.
- The ICBM Sarmat has the capacity to reach any point in the world. The missile will enter into service by 2021.
- The RS-28 Sarmat is a heavy liquid-propellant ICBM capable of carrying nuclear charges.
- The objective of this development is to replace the R-36M2 Voyevoda ICBM, which is Russia’s only Strategic Missile Force since 1988.
- The name Sarmat is based upon the nomadic Sarmatian tribes which used to live between 6th and 4th century BC in current territories of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
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