The RS-28 Sarmat, known to NATO as Satan 2, is a next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by ...

The Russian RS-28 Sarmat Satan II is one of the most powerful missiles in the world. We detail the details and range of this ...

Russia appears to have suffered a “catastrophic failure” in a test of its Sarmat missile, a key weapon in the modernization of its nuclear arsenal, according to arms experts who have analyzed ...

Like the Sarmat, the Dongfeng-5 is also an intercontinental missile and is built to strike distant targets. It is part of China’s nuclear missile force and is kept ready for national defense.

This missile, the RS-28 Sarmat (NATO codename: SS-X-29 or SS-X-3, and already unofficially nicknamed “Satan-II”), is designed to be an apex engine of atomic annihilation in the event of a full ...

Mr. Putin announced the Sarmat to great fanfare in 2018, declaring it part of a new class of fast-flying weapons that would give Russia a leg up in its standoff with the United States.

The Sarmat missile’s flight time to Strasbourg is 3 minutes 20 seconds,” Volodin wrote in a statement published on Telegram. “Russia will give a tough response using more powerful weapons.

The 35-metre-long RS-28 Sarmat, known in the West as Satan II, has a range of 18,000 km (11,000 miles) and a launch weight of over 208 tonnes.

A satellite overview after what experts believe was the launch failure of a Russian RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, on September 21.