Russia’s new ICBM weighs 200 tons and is more than 35 meters high Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation via TASS
Russia announced on Friday (1) that the RS28 Sarmat missile, better known as Satan2, was complete and ready to launch.
Stateoftheart weapons can hit targets anywhere in the world. With a full fuel load, the rocket can fly up to 18,000 kilometers before exploding at the intended location.
“The Sarmat missile is capable of hitting targets from almost unlimited distances,” Dmitry Rogozin, director general of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, told the Tass news agency.
The Satan2 is considered the most powerful missile in the Russian arsenal, not only for its ability to cross continents and oceans, but also for carrying 10 tons of explosives or up to 15 nuclear warheads.
“This is a much more powerful missile than other strategic weapons, including the Minuteman III missile in service with the United States, both in terms of global reach and the power of warheads delivered to an attacker’s territory “Can be fired,” Rogozin said in an interview with the Rossiya 24 television channel at the beginning of the year.
The new Russian weapons are impressive in size. Its over 200 tons are spread over a length of 35 meters and a diameter of 3 meters.
In April 2022, weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, President Vladimir Putin announced a successful test of Satan2.
At the time, the Russian leader celebrated the result, declaring that the new missile would “reliably guarantee Russia’s security from external threats” in a context in which Putin feared NATO’s (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) advance into Eastern Europe.
North Korea displays nuclear missiles and drones at a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the armistice
North Korean leader Kim Jongun led a military parade in Pyongyang to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, showcasing new drones and nuclearcapable intercontinental ballistic missiles
State news agency KCNA announced on Friday (28) that the parade “used newly developed and produced unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and attack drones that flew over Kim Ilsung Square, which doubled the joy of celebrating people.” .
“Public excitement and joy increased” when the new Hwasong18 nuclearcapable solidfuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which was tested in April and July, appeared on the square, KCNA said.
Delegations from Russia and China took part in the celebrations, the first known visits to the country since the pandemic
Kim “sent a warm battle greeting” at the parade, the North Korean news agency said, without specifying whether the leader gave a speech
Satellite images confirmed that North Korea held a large military parade on Thursday to mark the anniversary
Hostilities during the Korean War (19501953) ended with an armistice on July 27, 1953, but a peace treaty was never signed, so the two countries were technically still in conflict.
Relations between the two deteriorated last year, reaching one of their worst levels in decades, as the North increased the number of its military tests and strengthened defense cooperation between the South and the United States.
KCNA said the parade will “imprint our memory as a grand political and military celebration that demonstrated the unshakable will of 10 million soldiers to create a new legend of the Kim Jong Un era.”
This event is part of “promoting Kim Jongun’s legitimacy and internal unity in these difficult economic times,” said Yangmo Ku, a professor of political science at the University of Norwich.
But this year, by bringing in prominent guests from Moscow and Beijing, Pyongyang is also trying to “send a signal to the United States and its allies that North Korea, with strengthened ties with Russia and China, is militarily prepared to meet the strategic threats of its enemies.” “All these actions point to the emergence of a new Cold War on the Korean Peninsula,” the professor added.
Beijing is Pyongyang’s most important ally and biggest benefactor; The friendship arose during the bloody Korean War, in which Chinese soldiers also took part
Russia is another historic ally and one of the few countries with which North Korea maintains friendly relations.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Kim Jongun has expressed strong support for Moscow and, according to the US, even supplied weapons to Russian troops, something Pyongyang denies
Russian Defense Minister Serguei Shoigu was present at the ceasefire celebrations and, accompanied by Kim Jongun, visited an exhibition of the latest developments in North Korea’s arsenal, such as drones and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The inclusion of foreign guests in these celebrations is the first indication of an easing of North Korea’s selfimposed lockdown during the Covid19 pandemic