Russia to test new Satan 2 ballistic missile

[Praxius]

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/worl...erate-area-the-size-of-uk-or-texas/ar-AAu0n3L

Russia is set to test its biggest ever nuclear missile which is powerful enough to destroy the U.K., Texas or France with a single strike.

The so-called Satan 2 intercontinental ballistic missile could deliver about a dozen nuclear warheads of 40 megatons - 2,000 times as powerful as the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

President Vladimir Putin's Defence Ministry plans to test two RS-28 Sarmat super nukes at the remote Plesetsk Cosmodrome before the end of the year, it was reported.

The 100-ton weapons - which could enter service as early as 2019 - will make the bombs dropped on Japan look like “popguns”, experts have said.

Russia claims the missiles can "beat any defences" as it seeks to replace its arsenal of SS-18 Satan weapons.

The Satan 2 missile was displayed during a Victory Day parade in May and test-firings have been delayed several times due to problems with the missile itself and silo.......

Because why not?

 

[Danbones]

Well countries with nukes don't get illegally invaded as often as countries without them

 

[Curious Cdn]

Well countries with nukes don't get illegally invaded as often as countries without them

What constitutes a legal invasion? One okayed by the winning invader?

 

[Praxius]

Well countries with nukes don't get illegally invaded as often as countries without them

And now there will soon be a nuke that can completely wipe out most countries and parts of their neighbours in one strike.

Kind of makes me wonder if Russia would physically test this Nuke's ability and if so, where the hell would they be able to safely test it?

 

[Hoid]

You can test a missile without testing the nucs. You just meed to make sure it launches climbs re-enters and deploys properly. The war heads themselves are nothing new for the Russians to build.

We would test it at the Primerose Range in Alberta. You do need a large area considering the size of the patterns you are trying to create.