Sarmat: Russia’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)

Current GK (SBI-PO) Defence

22-Apr-22

Amidst harsh sanctions imposed by the West due to the Ukraine invasion, Russia has tested its new Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Sarmat on 20^th April 2022.

Overview:

This was ICBM Sarmat’s first test launch after the launch was in 2021.
The test was earlier pushed to December 2021 and then later to April 2022.
The ICBM was from Plesetsk in Russia’s North-West.
The target was set in the Kamchatka peninsula which is around 6,000 km away.
Before being inducted into the Russian army, the missile will be undergoing five more test launches in 2022.

Knowledge about developing an ICBM

Russia has been developing a new ICBM to replace the older ones and an announcement regarding this was made by President Vladimir Putin in 2018. By the end of 2022, a regiment will be fully armed with Sarmat ICBM will be operational.

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