Russian moderators assured that the American city of eight million would be “completely destroyed” in the event of an attack with the new ICBM recently tested by Moscow.
A surreal scene. Hosts of Russia’s state broadcaster Russia-1 laughed as they discussed the possibility of a nuclear strike on New York City, US, saying the city would be “completely destroyed” after the Russian army announced on Wednesday that it had conducted its first successful test Launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new generation weapon with a very long range.
The clip was shared on the social network Twitter by Julia Davis, an American journalist and creator of an independent news outlet on Russia, The Russian Daily Monitor.
The presenters were referring to the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon that Vladimir Putin called “unprecedented,” as one illustrated his remarks by assuring that the missile was powerful enough to take down a city as large as New to destroy York. which has more than 8 million inhabitants.
“One Target, United States Territory”
“We have only one goal, the territory of the United States,” started one of the animators first, provoking the laughter of one of his neighbors.
“If 7.5 megatons were delivered to our so-called partner’s territory, then targets like New York City, which is a cool city, would be wiped off the map completely with a single missile. So it would be better not to do it,” one of the presenters said casually, triggering laughter from others on set.
“The term ‘partner’ is very important,” another host pointed out between laughs, referring to the United States, with which diplomatic relations are particularly cold at the moment.
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“The Americans don’t have these types of missiles and never had them,” said one of the presenters, also referring to the ICBM, which simultaneously broadcast images of its launch.
The Russian military successfully fired a Sarnat missile test for the first time on Wednesday, with the Pentagon saying it was only a “routine” test and it posed “no threat” to the United States or its allies. With one Weighing over 200 tons, the Sarmat is expected to surpass its predecessor, the Voevoda missile, with a range of 11,000 km.
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