The flight tests of the Intercontinental Ballistic Rocket (ICBM) “Sarmat” will begin in the current year and will end in the following, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a visit to the Krasmash plant in Krasnoyarsk, TASS reports.
“The flight tests [begin] this year, ended in 2022, and in 2022 the same year we have the first regiment to go to the RVSN (strategic missile troops – approx.” Renta.ru “). Specific I will not speak a place nearby, “the official said, adding that the plant” is ready to fulfill a long-term contract for one of the most terrible arms, which our country should have. “
In November 2020, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences (Raran) on Information Policy, Dr. Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov wrote in the “military-industrial courier” that Russia can destroy the United States from her means, in particular, torpedoes with the nuclear power plant “Poseidon” and heavy ICBM “Sarmat”.
To date, only shifted tests of this rocket were carried out.