The intercontinental ballistic missiles code-named Satan 2 are capable of carrying 10 or more nuclear warheads and have a range of up to 11,180 miles.
"The new complex has the highest tactical and technical characteristics and is capable of overcoming all modern means of anti-missile defense. It has no analogues in the world and won't have for a long time to come," Putin said at the time.
This handout photo released by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service on April 20, 2022, shows the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile launched from Plesetsk in Russia's northwest. Russian state TV has been regularly threatening nuclear strikes against Western capitals.
In February, media reports citing unnamed U.S. officials claimed that Moscow's attempt to carry out a test launch of the ICBM, which coincided with U.S. President
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