Weapons

Russia's Sarmat ICBM Can 'Rip Any Missile Defence System to Shreds' – Official

The Sarmat, a new intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of up to 11,000 km, is a strategic weapon of last resort capable of carrying up to 24 nuclear-armed independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), and has been touted as Russia's effort to preserve global strategic stability amid US plans to develop advanced missile defences.

Roscosmos chief Dmitri Rogozin has boasted about the Sarmat's capabilities in an interview with Russian television.

"This is a heavy ballistic missile that's capable of defeating, of ripping to shreds any literally any missile defence system to pieces, whether existing or prospective," Rogozin said, speaking to Russia-24 on Friday.