Russia says it 'may' test its 'unstoppable' 14-storey high Satan-2 missile before end of the year
Russia today said that it 'may' test its 14-storey high Satan-2 intercontinental ballistic missile before the end of the year.The announcement comes amid suspicions that Putin's 'unstoppable' 15,880mph hypersonic missile is nowhere near ready for use.'The flight-design tests of the Sarmat [Satan-2 missile] may continue before the end of this year with a second test launch to be potentially carried out,' a defence ministry official told state news agency TASS.The disclosure that it 'may' conduct a second test follows earlier boasts that Satan-2 would be fully deployed by the end of the year.The new less-than-definitive statement will add to suspicions that the hypersonic Armageddon missile is experiencing embarrassing delays.Russia today said that it 'may' test its 14-storey high Satan-2 intercontinental ballistic missile (pictured during test launch on April 20, 2022) before the end of the year© Provided by Daily MailThe announcement comes amid suspicions that Putin's 'unstoppable' 15,880mph hypersonic missile is nowhere near ready for use© Provided by Daily MailIts first test was announced to great fanfare as soon as it took place on 20 April, with Putin in touch by video-link.These tummy slimming patches are all the rageAdWell-being-review.comThe silo-based Satan-2 launch was from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.In May, former head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, seen as a close Putin ally, said almost 50 Satan-2 missiles, which were in 'mass production', would soon be on combat duty.In early June, a major ICBM test was scheduled and locals near the Kura test range were warned to stay clear of the target site in remote Kamchatka.But this test never happened.On 25 June, Rogozin signalled: 'We are absolutely on schedule, we are now preparing for the second flight test of the Sarmat.'
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