The first Sarmat missile system will be put on combat duty at the end of the year. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in front of graduating military universities.
For months, the Kremlin has been scaring the West with the miracle rocket. In May, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin told students that Sarmat could destroy half the coast of a continent Russia considers hostile. A week earlier, he threatened that Russia’s nuclear forces could eliminate NATO in half an hour. Most recently, in connection with the fact that Bulgaria, Montenegro and Northern Macedonia did not allow the Russian Foreign Minister to fly through their skies to Serbia, Rogozin wrote that “Sarmat” will not ask permission to fly.
According to Putin, the Russian army and navy are improving in all segments, “there is no doubt that we will be even stronger.”
“Now the country is going through a new series of trials. And we all know how carefully the whole world and our country are treating what is happening in the civic sphere. Yes, there are limitations, yes, they are overcome in different ways, but they are definitely overcome and will be overcome, “Putin said.
The Russian military has begun receiving S-500 air defense systems, Putin said. The range of the S-500 is 600 km. It is said to be capable of detecting and striking up to 10 ballistic supersonic targets simultaneously flying at speeds of up to 7 km / s.
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