Sarmat missile

About the missile-

• The Sarmat missile is a new nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile that has been in the works since the 2000s.
• It was test-launched for the first time from Plesetsk in northwest Russia.
• The missile weighs more than 200 tonnes and can transport more than ten warheads.
• It is a three-stage, liquid-fueled missile with a range of 18,000 km. 
• The missile is 35.3 metres long and 3 metres in diameter.
• It has been designed to elude anti-missile defence systems with a short initial boost phase, giving enemy surveillance systems a tiny window to track.
• Sarmat has been dubbed Satan 2 by Western analysts. 
• It is among Russia’s next-generation missiles that Putin has called “invincible,” and which also include the Kinzhal and Avangard hypersonic missiles.
• As per the Russian President, it has the highest tactical and technical characteristics and is capable of overcoming all modern means of anti-missile defence and can hit any target on Earth.
• It will also be the first Russian missile which can carry smaller hypersonic boost-glide vehicles.
• It is  more lethal than the R-36M Voyevoda ICBMs (NATO name Satan) currently in service in Russia.
• The Sarmat is named after nomadic tribes that roamed the steppes of present-day Southern Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan in the early medieval period and were highly developed in horsemanship and warfare.