Rs 28 Sarmat Missile
The rs 28 sarmat is able to employ multiple trajectories over the north pole or south pole in order to reach targets in the united states.
Rs 28 sarmat missile. рс 28 сармат named after the sarmatians. Makeyev rocket design bureau. The rs 28 sarmat russian. Of the six strategic weapons unveiled by russian president vladimir putin at his oft cited 2018 annual state of the nation address rs 28 sarmat is among the most consequential.
There was a versions of the r 36m missile with a range of 16 000 km. A single rv against gmd coming over the pole i believe the gbi would be capable of an intercept. However if the scenario is skin to the soviet days of over 200 ss 18s coming over the pole no it would sa. 1 after awarding production contracts to makeyev design bureau and npomash in early 2011 russia concluded research and development of the sarmat icbm on july 21 2011.
Designed to replace russia s aging ss 18 satan icbm the rs 28 sarmat began development some time in the 2000s. The massive 220 ton weapon will replace the cold war era rs 36m voyevoda missiles. The rs 28 sarmat satan 2 is a heavy intercontinental ballistic missile that is currently in development. Known colloquially as satan 2 the missile will replace the rs 36m which was dubbed satan by nato after entering service.
It is intended to replace the r 36m icbm ss 18 satan in russia s arsenal. Commissioned by the russian federation in 2010 this weapons system is expected to become operational between 2018 and 2020 replacing the aging r 36m2 voyevoda. Well like all things it simply depends. An image of an rs 28 sarmat missile.
Ss x 29 or ss x 30 is a russian liquid fueled mirv equipped heavy intercontinental ballistic missile icbm under development by the makeyev rocket design bureau since 2009. The rs 28 will have a range of at least 11 000 km. Although many of the missile s specifics are confidential it is known that the missile will be a silo based system. The rs 28 sarmat thermonuclear armed ballistic missile was.
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