Russia deploys Sarmat system capable to fire nuclear intercontinental missiles

This is reported by the Russian Interfax.

At the Share Your Knowledge marathon, Roscosmos head Yuri Borisov said that the Sarmat strategic missile system had been deployed and put on alert.

In June, during a speech to graduates of military academies, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia's new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles would soon be ready for deployment.

What is known about Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles

Sarmat is a Russian strategic missile system with an intercontinental ballistic missile. The Russians claim that it can carry a wide range of high-yield nuclear and hypersonic munitions and overcome all modern missile defense systems.

According to official Russian data, the Sarmat missile has a range of more than 11,000 kilometers and can carry a 100-ton warhead.

On April 21, 2022, at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Russians test-fired a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile.

Serhiy Zgurets, a journalist and military expert, commented on the demonstration test of a new class of heavy ballistic missile, which actually provides for much greater power than the previous ones, Sarmat carries 16 warheads, each warhead has a power of 550 kilotons and is capable of destroying a country the size of France.

During US President Joe Biden's visit to Kyiv on February 20, Russia test-fired a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, but the launch was unsuccessful.