RS-28 Sarmat

Also known as RS-28, SS-X-30 SATAN 2, SS-30 Satan 2

Russian liquid-fueled, MIRV-equipped, super-heavy thermonuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile

Key facts

Type: Superheavy Intercontinental ballistic missile
Place of origin: Russia
Used by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Designer: Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau
Manufacturer: KrasMash , Zlatoust MZ , NPO Energomash , NPO Mashinostroyeniya , KBKhA
Mass: 208.1 tonnes
Length: 35.3 m
Diameter: 3 m
Warhead: Thermonuclear Avangard Hypersonic Glide Vehicles Up to 16 warheads of various types
Engine: Three-stage liquid-fuel rocket First stage: PDU-99 ( RD-274 derived)
Propellant: Liquid
Operational range: 18,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) 35,000 km sub-orbital flight with FOBS technology (artificially limited by Russia in accordance with Outer Space Treaty )

Article

The RS-28 Sarmat (Russian: РС-28 Сармат, named after the Sarmatians; NATO reporting name: SS-X-29 or SS-X-30), often colloquially referred to as Satan II by media outlets, is a three-stage Russian silo-based, liquid-fueled, HGV-capable and FOBS-capable super-heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) produced by the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau. It is intended to replace the Soviet R-36M ICBM in Russia's arsenal.

The Sarmat is one of six new Russian strategic weapons unveiled by Russian president Vladimir Putin on 1 March 2018. The RS-28 Sarmat made its first test flight on 20 April 2022. On 16 August 2022, a state contract was signed for the manufacture and supply of the Sarmat strategic missile system. The missile officially entered operational service in September 2023, as the world's longest range and most powerful extant ICBM system.