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{{About|the Russian intercontinental ballistic missile|other uses|Sarmat (disambiguation){{!}}Sarmat}}
{{Short description|Russian intercontinental ballistic missile}}
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| caption            = [[RS-28 Sarmat]]  
[[Intercontinental Ballistic Missile]] March 2018 ejection test at [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]]
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| length             = 35.3 m<ref>{{cite web |title=RS-28 Sarmat |url=https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/rs-28-sarmat/ |website=missilethreat.org |publisher=Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref>
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* [[Avangard (hypersonic glide vehicle)|Avangard]] Hypersonic Glide Vehicles<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armyrecognition.com/russia_russian_missile_system_vehicle_uk/rs-28_sarmat_satan_ii_ss-x-30_icbm_silo-based_intercontinental_ballistic_missile_data.html | title=RS-28 Sarmat }}</ref>
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*35,000 km [[sub-orbital spaceflight|sub-orbital flight]] with [[FOBS]] technology (artificially limited by Russia in accordance with [[Outer Space Treaty]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/weapons_defence_industry_military_technology_uk/trials_of_next_generation_of_russian_icbm_rs-28_sarmat_would_be_completed_in_2021.html|title=Trials of next generation Russian ICBM RS-28 Sarmat would be completed in 2021|date=3 January 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sarmatian ICBM & FOBS Reintroduction|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/rs-28-fobs.htm|website=GlobalSecurity}}</ref>
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The '''RS-28 Sarmat''' ({{Lang-rus|РС-28 Сармат}},<ref name="RS28">{{cite web|url=http://www.rg.ru/2015/02/02/raketa-site-anons.html |script-title=ru:Новую тяжелую ракету『Сармат』будут делать в Красноярске |trans-title=New heavy rocket "Sarmat" will be made in Krasnoyarsk |publisher=[[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]] |date=2 February 2015}}</ref> named after the [[Sarmatians]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=ODIN - OE Data Integration Network |url=https://odin.tradoc.army.mil/WEG/Asset/RS-28_Sarmat_Russian_Intercontinental-Range_Ballistic_Missile_ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=odin.tradoc.army.mil}}</ref> [[NATO reporting name]]: '''SS-X-29'''<ref>{{cite journal|title=Russian nuclear forces, 2019 |journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists |volume=75 |issue=2 |pages=73–84 |last1=Kristensen |first1=Hans M. |last2=Korda |first2=Matt |date=4 March 2019 |doi=10.1080/00963402.2019.1580891 |bibcode=2019BuAtS..75b..73K |doi-access=free }}</ref> or '''SS-X-30'''<ref name="crsreports_SS-X-30">{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R45861.pdf|title=Russia's Nuclear Weapons: Doctrine, Forces, and Modernization|website=fas.org|date=2 January 2020|access-date=10 January 2020|page=14}}</ref>), often colloquially referred to as '''Satan II''' by media outlets, is a three-stage Russian [[Missile launch facility|silo-based]], [[Liquid-propellant rocket|liquid-fueled]], [[Hypersonic glide vehicle|HGV]]-capable and [[Fractional Orbital Bombardment System|FOBS]]-capable [[Heavy ICBM|super-heavy]] [[intercontinental ballistic missile]] (ICBM) produced by the [[Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau]].<ref name="RS28" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-435.html|title=Перспективная тяжелая МБР РС-28 / ОКР Сармат, ракета 15А28 – SS-X-30 (проект) – MilitaryRussia.Ru — отечественная военная техника (после 1945г.) |trans-title=Promising heavy ICBM RS-28 / ROC Sarmat, missile 15A28 – SS-X-30 (project) – MilitaryRussia.Ru – domestic military equipment (after 1945) |website=militaryrussia.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915095810/http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-435.html |archive-date=15 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=RS-28 "Sarmat" ICBM - why Russia needs such doomsday weapons|url=https://infobrics.org/post/35593|website=infobrics}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bombs in orbit? Verification and violation under the Outer Space Treaty|url=https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3454/1|website=The Space Review}}</ref> It is intended to replace the Soviet [[R-36 (missile)#R-36M|R-36M]] ICBM in Russia's [[arsenal]].<ref name="redstaroboima">{{cite web |url=http://www.redstar.ru/index.php/component/k2/item/36438-v-obojme-sarmat-kinzhal-avangard |script-title=ru:В обойме – «Сармат», «Кинжал», «Авангард»... |trans-title=In the (weapon) magazine – "Sarmat", "Kinzhal", "Avangard"... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312045910/http://redstar.ru/index.php/component/k2/item/36438-v-obojme-sarmat-kinzhal-avangard |archive-date=12 March 2018 |date=12 March 2018 |website=redstar.ru}}</ref>

The ''Sarmat'' is one of six new Russian strategic weapons unveiled by Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] on 1 March 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18906/heres-the-six-super-weapons-putin-unveiled-during-fiery-address|title=Here's The Six Super Weapons Putin Unveiled During Fiery Address|website=The War Zone|date=1 March 2018|access-date=22 November 2018}}</ref> The RS-28 Sarmat made its first test flight on 20 April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Mike Wall |date=2022-04-22 |title=Russia conducts 1st full flight test of new 'Sarmat' intercontinental ballistic missile |url=https://www.space.com/russia-test-launch-sarmat-icbm |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref> On 16 August 2022, a state contract was signed for the manufacture and supply of the Sarmat strategic missile system.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-05 |title=Putin announced an imminent mass production of Sarmat ICBM |url=https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2023/10/05/putin-announced-an-imminent-mass-production-of-the-sarmat-icbm/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> The missile officially entered combat service in September 2023, as the world's longest range and most powerful extant ICBM system.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stilwell |first=Blake |date=2022-04-14 |title=The World's Most Powerful Nuclear Missile Is a Russian ICBM Nicknamed 'Satan' |url=https://www.military.com/history/worlds-most-powerful-nuclear-missile-russian-icbm-nicknamed-satan.html?amp |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.military.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mahajan |first=Neeraj |date=2023-09-06 |title=Satan-II: The Deadliest Nuclear Missile in the World |url=https://raksha-anirveda.com/satan-ii-the-deadliest-nuclear-missile-in-the-world/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=raksha-anirveda.com}}</ref>

==History==
In February 2014, a Russian military official announced the ''Sarmat'' was expected to be ready for deployment around 2020.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://russianforces.org/blog/2014/02/sarmat_icbm_to_be_ready_by_202.shtml|title=Sarmat ICBM to be ready by 2020|journal=Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces|date=25 February 2014|access-date=17 January 2015|last1=Podvig|first1=Pavel}}</ref> In May 2014 another official source suggested that the program was being accelerated, and that it would, in his opinion, constitute up to 100 percent of Russia's fixed [[Strategic Missile Troops|land-based nuclear arsenal]] by 2021.<ref name="invuln">{{cite web|url=http://newsru.com/arch/russia/31may2014/sarmat.html|title=Минобороны рассказало о тяжелой баллистической ракете – неуязвимом для ПРО ответе США |trans-title=The Ministry of Defense spoke about a heavy ballistic missile – a US response invulnerable to missile defense |date=31 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russia-fast-tracking-unique-missile/501246.html|title=Russia Fast Tracking "Unique" Missile|publisher=The Moscow Times|date=1 June 2014|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>

In late June 2015, it was reported that the production schedule for the first prototype of the ''Sarmat'' was slipping.<ref name="slipping">{{cite news|title=Russian Program to Build World's Biggest Intercontinental Missile Delayed|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russian-program-to-build-world-s-biggest-intercontinental-missile-delayed/524511.html |access-date=27 June 2015|publisher=The Moscow Times|date=26 June 2015}}</ref> The RS-28 ''Sarmat'' was expected to become operational in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rg.ru/2015/09/16/samrat-site.html |script-title=ru:Ракета『Сармат』взлетит в 2016 году |trans-title=Rocket "Sarmat" will take off in 2016 |date=16 September 2015}}</ref>

On 10 August 2016, Russia successfully tested the RS-28's first-stage engine named PDU-99.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/522950|title=Испытания тяжелой стратегической ракеты『Сармат』начнутся в ближайшее время |trans-title=Tests of the heavy strategic missile "Sarmat" will begin in the near future |website=interfax.ru|date=10 August 2016|access-date=14 April 2019}}</ref>

In early 2017, prototype missiles had been reportedly built and delivered to [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]] for trials, but the test program was delayed to re-check key hardware components before initial launch.<ref name="delayedtests">{{cite news|title=Russia's Deadliest Nuke Program Faces Delays|url=https://thediplomat.com/2017/03/russias-deadliest-nuke-program-faces-delays/ |access-date=5 April 2017|publisher=[[The Diplomat]]|date=28 March 2017}}</ref> According to the commander of the Russian Strategic Forces [[Colonel general|Col. Gen.]] Sergei Karakayev, the RS-28 Sarmat would be deployed with the 13th Red Banner Rocket Division of the [[31st Rocket Army|31st Missile Army]] at [[Dombarovsky Air Base]], [[Orenburg Oblast]], and with the [[62nd Rocket Division|62nd Red Banner Rocket Division]] of the [[33rd Guards Rocket Army]] at [[Uzhur]], [[Krasnoyarsk Krai]], replacing the previous [[R-36M]] ICBMs currently located there.{{cn|date=February 2023}}

In late December 2017, the first successful launch test of the missile was carried out at the [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]] in [[Arkhangelsk Oblast]]. According to the report, the missile flew several dozen kilometers and fell within the test range.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mk.ru/politics/2017/12/27/v-rossii-uspeshno-proshlo-pervoe-broskovoe-ispytanie-prototipa-rakety-sarmat.html|title=В России успешно прошло первое бросковое испытание прототипа ракеты『Сармат』|date=27 December 2017 |trans-title=Russia has successfully passed the first launch test of the prototype of the missile "Sarmat" |publisher=[[Moskovskij Komsomolets]]|access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://russianforces.org/blog/2017/12/sarmat_ejection_test_at_last.shtml|title=Sarmat ejection test, at last|journal=Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces|publisher=Russianforces.org|access-date=29 December 2017|date=29 December 2017|last1=Podvig|first1=Pavel}}</ref>
[[File:Sarmat-launch.webm|thumb|Successful launch of Sarmat [[Intercontinental ballistic missile|ICBM]] held at [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]]]]
On 1 March 2018, Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], in his [[Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly|annual address]] to the Federal Assembly, said that "the active phase of tests" of the missile had begun.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roth |first=Andrew |date=2018-03-01 |title=Putin threatens US arms race with new missiles declaration |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/01/vladimir-putin-threatens-arms-race-with-new-missiles-announcement |access-date=2024-05-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Shortly after, an anonymous military source was cited as saying that the 2007 information about the Sarmat missile had been leaked to the West deliberately.<ref>[https://ria.ru/arms/20180303/1515685807.html Источник сообщил об утечке по ракетам『Сармат』специально для США] RIA Novosti, 3 March 2018.</ref> On 30 March 2018, the [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Russian Defence Ministry]] published a video showing the ''Sarmat'' performing its second successful test-launch at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.<ref>{{cite web|title=Russia releases 'Satan 2' missile test footage|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/30/europe/russia-missile-test-sarmat-intl|website=CNN|date=30 March 2018 }}</ref>

On 24 December 2019, during the exhibition of the modern weapon systems at the [[National Defense Management Center]], it was reported that ''Sarmat'' is capable of a "35,000 km [[Sub-orbital spaceflight|sub-orbital]] flight". The trials of the "missile complex" were expected to be completed in 2021, and, during the 2020–2027 period, "twenty missile regiments are planned to be rearmed with the RS-28".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=524255&lang=RU|title=Испытания комплекса『Сармат』планируется завершить в 2021 году – Национальный центр управления обороной РФ |trans-title=Testing of the Sarmat complex (system?) is planned to be completed in 2021 – National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation |publisher=[[Interfax]]|access-date=24 December 2019|language=ru}}</ref>
On 20 April 2022, according to the Russian Defense Ministry:

{{blockquote|"At 15:12 Moscow time at the Plesetsk state test cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region, a Sarmat fixed-based [sic] intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully launched from a silo launcher."|Russian Defense Ministry<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jpost.com/international/article-704719 | title=Russia completes first launch of new nuclear-capable ICBM | publisher=[[Jerusalem Post]] | access-date=2022-04-20 |first=Roman |last=Meitav |date=2022-04-20 |language=en}}</ref>}}  After the test, on 22 May, [[Roscosmos]] head [[Dmitri Rogozin]] warned that 50 new RS-28 Sarmat/SS-X-30 intercontinental nuclear missiles will soon be combat ready.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2022/05/23/russia-warns-it-will-have-50-new-satan-2-nuclear-missiles/ |title=Russia warns it will soon have 50 brand new 'Satan-2' nuclear missiles |work=[[New York Post]] |date=25 May 2022 |access-date=23 December 2022 }}</ref>

On 18 February 2023, a test of the RS-28 missile was conducted by the Russian Federation; the US claimed that this test was unsuccessful, but this has not been confirmed or denied by the Russian government.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-test-launch-satan-ii-icbm-missile-failed-putin-new-start-nuclear-treaty/ |title=Russian test launch of "Satan II" missile failed, U.S. says, as Putin suspends role in nuclear treaty |work=[[CBS News]] |date=22 February 2023 |access-date=3 July 2023 }}</ref>

On 1 September 2023, [[Roscosmos]] Director General [[Yury Borisov|Yuri Borisov]] said the weapon system had been placed on official combat duty.<ref name="ria">[https://ria-ru.translate.goog/20230901/sarmat-1893638190.html?%20x%20tr%20sl=ru&%20x%20tr%20tl=en&%20x%20tr%20hl=en-US&%20x%20tr%20pto=wapp Missile complex "Sarmat" put on combat duty Borisov: Sarmat strategic missile system put on combat duty (Google Translate) RIANovosti.ru 09/01/2023]</ref><ref>[https://www.wionews.com/world/russia-says-nuke-capable-satan-2-sarmat-missile-system-enters-combat-duty-631252 Srishti Singh Sisodia, WION, Sep 01, 2023, 06:05 PM IST]</ref>

==Design==

The Sarmat is a three-stage, liquid-fueled missile with a range of 18,000 km and a launch weight of 208.1 metric tons. The missile is 35.3 meters long and 3 meters in diameter. Designated a “heavy” ICBM, the Sarmat can load a wide variety of warhead options. According to Russian media, Sarmat is capable of carrying 10 [[tonne]]s of payload,<ref name="MissileThreat2017">{{cite web |title=Missile Defense Project, RS-28 Sarmat Intercontinental ballistic missile|url=https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/rs-28-sarmat/ |website=Missile Threat |publisher=Center for Strategic and International Studies |access-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503095839/https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/rs-28-sarmat/ |archive-date=3 May 2022 |date=17 May 2017}}</ref> of ten 750 [[TNT equivalent#Kiloton and megaton|kiloton]],<ref>{{cite web|title=RS-28 Intercontinental ballistic missile|url=https://www.militarytoday.com/missiles/rs28_sarmat.htm|website=Military Today}}</ref> 15 or 16 lighter [[MIRV]] [[warhead]]s,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rbth.com/science-and-tech/327726-new-russian-weapons|title=Which new weapons has Putin given Russia?|first=Nikolai|last=Litovkin|newspaper=Russia Beyond |date=2 March 2018}}</ref> and 3 [[Avangard (hypersonic glide vehicle)|Avangard]] [[hypersonic glide vehicle]]s (HGVs)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armyrecognition.com/russia_russian_missile_system_vehicle_uk/rs-28_sarmat_satan_ii_ss-x-30_icbm_silo-based_intercontinental_ballistic_missile_data.html | title=RS-28 Sarmat }}</ref> or a combination of warheads and several [[countermeasure]]s against [[anti-ballistic missile]] systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-missiles-idUSBRE9BG0SH20131217|title=Russia plans new ICBM to replace Cold War 'Satan' missile|publisher=Reuters|date=17 December 2013|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the missile is Russia's response to the U.S. [[Prompt Global Strike]] system.<ref name="invuln"/>

The RS-28 is reportedly housed in a modified 15P718M silo launching system.

According to [[Russian Prime Minister]] [[Vladimir Putin]], Sarmat has a short [[boost phase]], which shortens the interval when it can be tracked by [[satellite]]s with [[Thermographic camera|infrared sensor]]s, such as the U.S. [[Space-Based Infrared System]], allegedly making it more difficult to [[boost-phase intercept|intercept]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russias-most-lethal-nuclear-missile-ever-will-enter-duty-the-24868|title=Russia's Most Lethal Nuclear Missile Ever Will "Enter Duty in the Near Future"|first=Dave|last=Majumdar|publisher=The National Interest|date=12 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russias-nuclear-weapons-buildup-aimed-beating-us-missile-24716|title=Russia's Nuclear Weapons Buildup Is Aimed at Beating U.S. Missile Defenses |first=Dave|last=Majumdar|publisher=The National Interest|date=1 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/17197/russia-fires-topol-ballistic-missile-to-test-new-tech-to-defeat-missile-defense-systems|title=Russia Fires Topol Ballistic Missile to Test New Tech to Defeat Missile Defense Systems|first=Joseph|last=Trevithick|date=26 December 2017 }}</ref> {{dubious|reason=SBIRS is sensitive enough to detect a launch within seconds, meaning a short boost time does not significantly impact detection, and no nation in the world currently possesses a boost-phase intercept capability against the RS-28 in the first place.|date=April 2024}} Sarmat provides Russia with a [[Fractional Orbital Bombardment System|Fractional Orbital Bombardment]] (FOBS) capability that can fly a trajectory over the [[South Pole]] to targets in the United States, which has the advantage of being able to avoid missile defense systems in the northern United States.<ref name="auto"/> 

According to Russian state media sources, RS-28's launch sites were to be equipped with the "''Mozyr''"{{cn|date=February 2023}} active protection system, which is claimed to negate a potential adversary's [[Pre-emptive nuclear strike|first strike]] advantage by discharging a cloud of metal arrows or balls kinetically that allegedly would destroy incoming bombs, cruise missiles and ICBM warheads at altitudes of up to 6&nbsp;km; however development of the Mozyr system ceased in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vpk.name/en/591501_mozyr-will-the-most-unusual-anti-missile-system-be-revived.html|title=Mozyr: will the most unusual anti-missile system be revived?|date=April 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Последний рубеж ПРО вооружат стрелами и шариками |trans-title=The last frontier of missile defense will be armed with arrows and balls |url=https://iz.ru/news/541076|publisher=[[Izvestia]]|date=11 December 2012|access-date=10 November 2019|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=В ожидании『Сармата』|trans-title=Waiting for Sarmat |url=https://vz.ru/society/2013/12/17/664618.html|publisher=[[Vzglyad (newspaper)|Vzglyad]]|date=17 December 2013|access-date=10 November 2019|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Защита шахтных пусковых установок МБР от высокоточного оружия |trans-title=Protecting silo launchers of ICBMs from high-precision weapons |url=http://rbase.new-factoria.ru/pub/oborona/oborona.shtml|date=27 April 2010|access-date=10 November 2019|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Министерство обороны возобновляет испытания комплекса активной защиты от ракет и высокоточного оружия с перспективными поражающими элементами |trans-title=The Ministry of Defense resumes testing of the complex (system?) of active protection against missiles and high-precision weapons with advanced submunitions |url=http://eurasian-defence.ru/node/2626|date=11 December 2012|access-date=10 November 2019|language=ru}}</ref>{{Dubious|reason=Mozyr was not a feasible system back in the 1980's when hit-to-kill missile defense was nascent, and there's no indication or evidence to suggest it was ever actually successful or capable of defending from real-world threats|date=June 2024}}

==See also==
* [[RS-26 Rubezh]]
* [[Agni-VI]]
* [[DF-5]]
* [[LGM-35 Sentinel]]
* [[DF-41]]

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|RS-28 Sarmat}}
* [https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/rs-28-sarmat/ RS-28]
* {{cite web|url=https://en.difesaonline.it/mondo-militare/lavvento-di-una-nuova-arma-nucleare-russa|title=The advent of a new Russian nuclear weapon|date=18 November 2019}}

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