RS-28 Sarmat:
Russia is set to deploy the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, known as ‘Satan 2’, to replace older missiles.
- RS-28 Sarmat is a liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile developed by Russia.
- It is named after the Sarmatian people of the fourth and fifth century BC. It has also been referred to in the West as the “Satan II”.
- It is a three-stage, liquid-fueled missile with a range of 18,000 km.
- It has a launch weight of 208.1 metric tons.
- The missile is 35.3 meters long and 3 meters in diameter.
- Designated a “heavy” ICBM, the Sarmat can carry a 10-ton payload and can load a wide variety of warhead options.
- It can reportedly load up to 10 heavy nuclear warheads, 16 smaller ones, a combination of warheads and countermeasures, or hypersonic boost glide vehicles.
- It is designed to elude anti-missile defence systems with a short initial boost phase, giving enemy surveillance systems a narrow window to track it down.
