Russia has warned that tests of its deadly hypersonic Satan-2 missile - capable of reaching the UK in three minutes - are imminent amid deep tension with the West.
Rogozin said: ‘The world’s most powerful global-range nuclear-tipped missile is being prepared for new tests and serial production.’supports HTML5 videoRussian state TV pundits and politicians allied to the Kemlin have regularly suggested deploying the missile against the West during the Ukraine crisis.
Despite this, Moscow is committed to commissioning the missile with the country’s strategic rocket forces by the end of the year.The new generation 200-ton rocket is said to be capable of delivering up to 15 warheads to any target on the planet at almost 16,000mph Kura training ground with missile craters In April, close Putin ally Rogozin said there would be ‘a few more tests to prove the systems compliance with the technical parameters set by the chief client – the Defence Ministry’.
He said recently: ‘As for technical performance, what they have in their arsenal certainly lags behind what we have. He went on: ‘We are standing under the cover of the formidable Sarmat, created with great love and respect by our military factories and assembled at Krasmash to continue its flight design tests.Putin has said the missile would ensure Russia’s security and make ‘those fierce people who are trying to threaten it’ think twice.
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