Russian President, Vladimir Putin, boasts of the intercontinental ballistic missile of the Sarmat continent or often dubbed the devil's missile. In fact, according to him, Russia will soon deploy the nuclear missile.
"The tests of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile have been successfully carried out. It is planned that the first weapon of this complex will be prepared for the battlefield by the end of this year," Putin said while speaking to young Russian soldiers.
As quoted by us from Metro, Wednesday (22/6/2022) he later claimed that the lethal weapon would be able to break through all air defense systems. Then, no country has weapons with similar capabilities.
Russian officials have touted the missile's capabilities several times. Colonel Sergei Karakayev of the Russian military recently said on television that nothing can stop Sarmat.
"No air defense system exists today to (counter) the Sarmat missile system and probably will not exist for decades to come," he said.
Previously, Sarmat claimed to be able to shoot targets wherever they were. This missile is said to be able to reach targets up to 18,000 kilometers and a maximum speed of 25,000 kilometers per hour.
The weight reaches 208 metric tons, 35.5 meters long and 3 meters in diameter. The design is said to make the Sarmat difficult to be tracked by radar.
However, this does not mean that this weapon will actually be fired because Russia will immediately receive a counterattack. Nile Gardiner, a former aide to PM Margaret Thatcher, said Putin would have known the use of nuclear weapons such as demonic missiles would be catastrophic.
"The reality is Russia's use of nuclear weapons is Russia's end and they know that," he said.