- The RS-28 Sarmat missile, dubbed Satan 2, will replace the SS-18
- Flies at 4.3 miles (7km) per sec and with a range of 6,213 miles (10,000km)
- The weapons are perceived as part of an increasingly aggressive Russia
- It could deliver a warhead of 40 megatons – 2,000 times as powerful as the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945
Russia has unveiled chilling pictures of its largest ever nuclear missile, capable of destroying an area the size of France.
The RS-28 Sarmat missile, dubbed Satan 2 by Nato, has a top speed of 4.3 miles (7km) per second and has been designed to outfox anti-missile shield systems.
The new Sarmat missile could deliver warheads of 40 megatons – 2,000 times as powerful as the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. (Click to Article)