Writer : Haryo Jati | Editor : Deni Muliya
MOSCOW, KOMPAS.TV – The Russian side has announced that it is preparing to deploy the Satan 2 intercontinental ballistic missile in the fall.
The Kremlin on Wednesday (20/4/2022), will prepare for the use of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system that can be used for nuclear.
The missile, named Satan 2, is capable of flying 17,000km and carrying more than 12 warheads, and is capable of destroying an area the size of Britain.
The plan to use the Satan 2 missile was revealed by the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin.
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Reported from The SunRogozin revealed, the unit will be deployed to Uzhur about 2,897km east of Moscow.
Rogozin’s statement came after Russia successfully conducted a test launch of the missile.
Video footage shows the 35-meter-tall missile being launched from an underground silo.
The missile can cover a distance of about 5,794km in 15 minutes.
According to Russian defense sources, the missile then landed at a missile test site on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of the country.
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