Putin claimed that the Sarmat missile was “unparalleled and will not be seen anywhere else in the world for a long time.”
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Berlin After testing a new nuclear ICBM, Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent clear threats to the West: The “truly unique weapon,” as Putin called the Sarmat missile, “will attack our country by those who try it in the heat of aggressive rhetoric.” to threaten, to make one think”. Russia’s opponents would now have to “think twice” about their behavior towards Moscow.
Dmitri Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, described the test in a post as a “gift for NATO”. The factory where the Sarmat missiles are built belong to the state-owned Roskosmos Group.
The missile was fired from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia on Wednesday, according to a report by Russian state television, and is said to have struck targets in the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of the country. Putin claimed that the Sarmat missile was “unparalleled and will not be seen anywhere else in the world for a long time.” It will “strengthen the combat potential of our armed forces”.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Sarmat, which can be equipped with several nuclear warheads, is the most powerful missile with a range of 18,000 kilometers, which is unique in the world, despite weighing more than 200 tons. It can overcome all existing and future missile defense systems. Whether this is true cannot be verified.
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The US Department of Defense said Russia duly announced the launch of the missile. The test is considered routine and not a threat to the United States.
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What is striking, however, is that Putin and those around him have repeatedly hinted at the possible use of nuclear weapons for weeks and, according to Western government circles, wanted to spread fear. The aim of this propaganda could be to prevent EU governments from supplying arms to Ukraine for fear of being attacked by Russia.
In the past few weeks, Russia’s president has repeatedly hinted at the possible use of nuclear weapons.
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Meanwhile, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock criticized the targeted Russian disinformation and cyber attacks. In addition to suffering and death in Ukraine, “Russia’s nationalistic madness” is causing tension in society, said the Green politician during her visit to Riga, Latvia, on Wednesday. “We will not allow our societies to be divided,” she stressed. Putin’s hatred and propaganda are opposed to truth and transparency.
Rocket development problems
The truth is that Putin announced the development of this new ICBM back in 2018 at his annual state of the nation address to both chambers of parliament. Several new weapons were presented with martial images on gigantic video screens. However, it was said at the time that the Sarmat missiles should be ready for use by the strategic missile troops as early as 2021.
In December, however, Colonel-General Sergei Karakayev, commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, had to admit another delay. The first regiment will not be equipped with Sarmat missiles until 2022. At least they seem to be tested now. The missile has a short active flight segment, which is intended to make interception by air defense installations more difficult.
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