Ground testing of the new intercontinental ballistic missile Sarmat ends, Dmitry Rogozin, the general manager of Roscosmos, said on YouTube channel Soloviev Live.
Rogozin stressed that Russia “ has not yet created such a rocket. & # 39; & # 39;
It is capable of delivering a warhead weighing up to 10 tons to anywhere in the world, both through the North and South Poles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously said that Russia will soon set up alert new unique weapon systems – intercontinental ballistics the Sarmat missile, the on-board hypersonic missile Zircon, the anti- aerial S-500 Prometheus.
On the eve of & nbsp; Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the first flight test of the Sarmat missile will take place this year, and & nbsp; in 2022, it will be transferred to the Strategic Missile Forces.