Contents tagged with Satan missile
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Russia says it intends to dispose of Satan ballistic missiles
The Russian Defense Ministry will soon begin to dispose of its Voevoda intercontinental ballistic missiles, known in the West as "Satan” missiles, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov told Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.
"In the arsenal of the Russian army there is a liquid-fuel heavy missile that has a sufficiently serious energy output and capable of carrying large payloads. Everyone has heard about this strategic missile. We call it "Voevoda,” and in the West, it is called "Satan," …
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Media: footage of an older missile was used to demonstrate Russia’s new ballistic weapon during Putin's speech
As The Republic news outlet writes, at the demonstration of the newest combat missile Sarmat, during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s address to the Russian Federal Assembly, segments of a 7-year-old film were shown.
A silo launcher was demonstrated in the footage, from which the Sarmat missile was launched. During the flight, the missile’s payload separates into several warheads.
The video material of Sarmat’s predecessor, the Satan missile, was used for the video presentation. In 2011, …
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Russia to conduct two tests of its new ‘Satan’ ballistic missile
Before the end of the year, the Russian Ministry of Defense plans to hold two tests of the liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile, RS-28 Sarmat, at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, as reported on October 23rd by Kommersant, citing sources close to the department and the missile industry.
The program is planning to launch a rocket from a silo at the Plesetsk spaceport. "The main goal is to test the operation of the rocket systems at the time of the exit from the silo and the start of the …
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Russian Deputy PM: Russia is developing ICBMs to counter any US missile defense
The new intercontinental ballistic missiles which are being developed in Russia can overcome any US missile defense, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in an interview on the program “Voskresny Vecher” on TV channel “Rossiya-1”.According to Rogozin, Russian nuclear deterrent forces are made up of various missiles, including “old Soviet classic ‘Voyevoda’ missiles”, which are called “Satan” in the west, but new missiles are also being developed.“They are very afraid of them (the ‘ …