About RS-28 Sarmat:
- It is a liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile developed by Russia.
- It is named after the Sarmatian people of the fourth and fifth century BC. It has also been referred to in the West as the “Satan II”.
- Features:
- It is a three-stage, liquid-fueled missile with a range of 18,000 km.
- It has a launch weight of 208.1 metric tons.
- The missile is 35.3 meters long and 3 meters in diameter.
- Designated a “heavy” ICBM, the Sarmat can carry a 10-tonpayload and can load a wide variety of warhead options.
- It can reportedly load up to 10 heavy nuclear warheads, 16 smaller ones, a combination of warheads and countermeasures, or hypersonic boost glide vehicles.
- It is designed to elude anti-missile defence systems with a short initial boost phase, giving enemy surveillance systems a narrow window to track it down.
Q1: What are ballistic missiles?
A ballistic missile is a rocket-propelled, self-guided strategic-weapons system that follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver a payload from its launch site to a predetermined target. They are powered initially by a rocket or series of rockets in stages, but then follow an unpowered trajectory that arches upwards before descending to reach its intended target. They can carry conventional high explosives as well as chemical, biological, or nuclear munitions.
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