Full failure: What is left of the Russian landfill after launching the Sarmat missile (photo)

Planet Labs satellite images show a very large crater around which everything is burned. "As it is obvious, the test of PC-28" Sarmat "was a complete failure. The rocket exploded in the mine, leaving a huge crater and destroying the test landfill. Sarmat is a rocket on liquid fuel, so this accident could happen separately from actual launch . . . Considering that these events are now official, it is at least 4 unsuccessful attempt to test the "heavy" IBR "Sarmat",-the author reads.

He notes that it is at least a fourth unsuccessful attempt to launch Sarmat The likelihood of a rocket fall during launch. He stated that Sarmat would fly to Strasbourg in 3 minutes 20 seconds. In total, five rocket launchers have been recorded today, which was successful in only one, made on April 20, 2022. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation argued that Sarmat is able to impress goals anywhere in the world and to evade any available and future anti-missile defense systems.

" "This unique weapon will make those who are trying to threaten our country in the heat of the squeezed aggressive rhetoric," the statement of Putin on Russian television quoted the edition of the Wall Street Journal after successful launch. He added that only Russian components were used in the manufacture of Sarmat, keeping in mind that Western sanctions against the companies of the Russian Security Service of Ukraine would not prevent the development of the complex.

Sarmat is a strategic fifth -generation missile complex with a heavy three -stage liquid intercontinental ballistic missile. The 35-meter rocket weighs 208 tons, and the mass of throwing is about 10 tons. The rocket flight range is 16 thousand km. According to the Russian Federation, the rocket is able to deliver 15 nuclear warheads anywhere in the world through the North or South Pole. Sarmat's explosion force - 50 megaton.