Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said that Russia had given the U.S. an advance notice about the launch.
MOSCOW — The Russian military said Wednesday it successfully performed the first test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin said would make the West “think twice” before harboring any aggressive intentions against Russia.
It said the launch was fully successful, proving the missile’s characteristics “in all phases of its flight.” Speaking to senior officials, Putin hailed the Sarmat launch, claiming that the new missile has no foreign analogs and is capable of penetrating any prospective missile defense. The Sarmat is a heavy missile that has been under development for several years to replace the Soviet-made Voyevoda, which was code-named Satan by the West and forms the core of Russia’s nuclear deterrent.
The military has said that the Avangard is capable of flying 27 times faster than the speed of sound and making sharp maneuvers on its way to the target to dodge the enemy’s missile shield.
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