The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation purchased the first Sarmat intercontinental missiles

Ministry of Defence Russia first purchased the latest Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles, which was announced on August 16, 2022. The contract was signed by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko and the General Director of the State Missile Center named after V.P. Makeev, Vladimir Degtyar reports "."RIA Novosti

Sarmat is a fifth-generation Russian strategic mine-based missile system with a heavy multi-stage liquid intercontinental ballistic missile. Sarmat is designed to replace the Soviet Voevoda missiles, which are called Satan in NATO countries. Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles were developed at the V. P. Makeev State Missile Center, the manufacturer is the Krasmash plant (both enterprises are part of Roscosmos). According to experts, the ICBM RS-28 Sarmat is capable of delivering a dividing head weighing up to 10 tons to anywhere in the world.

Launch of the Sarmat heavy intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region. Archive photo

The former head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, announced on June 25, 2022 that the state corporation's enterprises had begun serial production of Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles. On June 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the first missile system would be on alert at the end of 2022. The head of state also noted that only Russian parts were used to create the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile.

The Sarmat Raketa can be equipped with several Avangard hypersonic warheads, Russian Strategic Missile Forces commander Sergei Karakaev said on April 24, 2022. The planning winged combat unit Avangard can reach a speed of about 27 Mach (Mach is the speed of sound). By August 2022, Avangards are installed on intercontinental missiles UR-100N UTTH.^[1]

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