Ninro Ruiz Peña
RUSSIA. – The RS-28 Sarmat ballistic missile was commissioned by the Russian government in 2011. Now the first images are emerging of what the largest nuclear missile the country has ever had is like. The post currently belongs to the RS-36M model, which was built in the 1970s as its nickname is “Satan”, the new weapon is being called “Satan 2”.
According to information released on Tuesday (25) by the press, the destruction capacity is equivalent to the territory of France. Comparatively it would be equal to the size of Texas in the United States or the Bahia in Brazil.
Experts believe the attack would be 2,000 times greater than the power of the atomic bombs detonated in Hiroshima and Nagasaki that marked the end of World War II.
The Russian weapon has the ability to travel long distances. It could go, for example, to New York City. It will be ready to be fully operational in 2018.
The Russian news agency Zvezda reported that the best anti-missile defense systems in the world would be unable to intercept the new intercontinental ballistic missile. Its speed would allow it to “fool” existing missile defense systems.
With an estimated weight of 100 tons, the missile would carry 4-ton and 10-ton warheads. These warheads have been designed with a series of countermeasures designed to penetrate any missile shield.
The news of its development is more a means of an information war and threats of war between Russia and the United States, especially because of the conflicts in the Middle East, where the two countries are on opposite sides, as reported by the newspaper Telegraph.
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