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Russia's new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile system suffers catastrophic failure during test launch

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Recent imagery from commercial satellites suggests that Russia's Sarmat missile suffered a catastrophic failure during a test, resulting in a 60-meter-wide crater at the launch site. The damage appears to be extensive, with visible destruction not evident in earlier photos. This incident marks at least the second failure of the RS-28 Sarmat missile in under two years, potentially impacting Russia's nuclear capabilities. The missile's development has been plagued by issues, with the Kremlin initially claiming it could travel at five times the speed of sound, but recent evidence suggests it may not be ready for deployment.

  1. US
    Maxar Technologies Inc
    1. Additionally, small fires continue to burn in the forest to the east of the launch complex, and four fire trucks can be seen near the destroyed silo.
  2. CH
    Pavel Podvig
    UN Institute for Disarmament Research
    1. I do believe that the most likely explanation was an incident at the time of the launch.
    2. By all indications, it was a failed test. It's a big hole in the ground.
    3. It's a dramatic thing when you have, basically, as I understand it, a missile exploding in a silo.
    4. It is possible that the launch attempt was undertaken on September 19th, with fires persisting for more than 24 hours.
  3. US
    Center for Strategic and International Studies
    1. According to Russian media, Sarmat can reportedly load up to 10 large warheads, 16 smaller ones, a combination of warheads and countermeasures, or hypersonic boost-glide vehicle.
  4. US
    George Barros
    Institute for the Study of War
    1. Extensive damage in and around the launch pad can be seen which suggests that the missile exploded shortly after ignition or launch.
  5. US
    Timothy Wright
    Institute for the Study of War
    1. However, this is the fourth successive test failure of Sarmat which, at the very least, will push back its already delayed introduction into service even further and at most, might raise questions about the programme's viability.
    2. There was a serious incident with the missile and the silo.
    3. One possible cause is that the first stage (booster) either failed to ignite properly or suffered from a catastrophic mechanical failure, causing the missile to fall back into or land closely adjacent to the silo and explode.

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sources

  1. 1.The New York Times
  2. 2.Ars Technica
  3. 3.Al Jazeera
  4. 4.Institute for the Study of War
  5. 5.Reuters
  6. 6.Times

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Russian Foreign Policy
  3. 3.Russia-Ukraine War
  4. 4.US-Russia Relations
  5. 5.Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
  6. 6.Nuclear Weapons
  7. 7.Russian Politics
  8. 8.Ukrainian Politics

countries

  1. 1.Russian FederationRU
  2. 2.UkraineUA
  3. 3.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  2. 2.Krem­linRU
  3. 3.Maxar Technologies IncUS
  4. 4.Russian Nuclear Forces
  5. 5.Center for Strategic and International StudiesUS
  6. 6.Makeyev Design Bureau
  7. 7.UN Institute for Disarmament Research

persons

  1. 1.Pavel PodvigCH
  2. 2.James Acton
  3. 3.Vladimir PutinRU
  4. 4.Anton Troianovski
  5. 5.George BarrosUS
  6. 6.Nikolai Sokov
  7. 7.Sergei ShoiguRU
  8. 8.Timothy WrightUS

technicals

  1. 1.RS-28 Sarmat
  2. 2.Soviet Union
  3. 3.Avangard
  4. 4.Cold War
  5. 5.R-36 ICBMs
Russia's new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile system suffers catastrophic failure during test launch