{"id":9326,"date":"2026-05-12T19:56:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9326"},"modified":"2026-05-12T19:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:56:56","slug":"putin-hails-russias-test-launch-of-new-icmb-known-as-satan-ii-calls-it-most-powerful-missile-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9326","title":{"rendered":"Putin hails Russia&#8217;s test launch of new ICMB known as Satan II, calls it &#8220;most powerful missile in the world&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Russia on Tuesday test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of efforts to modernize the country&#8217;s nuclear forces, a launch hailed by President Vladimir Putin just days after his claim that the <span class=\"link\">fighting in Ukraine<\/span> is nearing an end.<\/p>\n<p>Putin said that the nuclear-armed Sarmat missile would enter combat service at the end of the year. It was built to replace the aging Soviet-built Voyevoda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the most powerful missile in the world,&#8221; Putin declared, claiming that the combined power of the Sarmat&#8217;s individually targeted warheads is more than four times higher than that of any Western counterpart.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian leader has repeatedly brandished the nuclear sword after sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022 to try to deter the West from ramping up support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/12\/1389e6a7-0891-43ab-98c7-ca23f4637226\/thumbnail\/620x349g8\/3ba55343a261c0d68cf8628d3f6e0594\/ap26132550578637.jpg#\" alt=\"Russia New Missile \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/12\/1389e6a7-0891-43ab-98c7-ca23f4637226\/thumbnail\/620x349g8\/3ba55343a261c0d68cf8628d3f6e0594\/ap26132550578637.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/12\/1389e6a7-0891-43ab-98c7-ca23f4637226\/thumbnail\/1240x698g8\/ea9800f042adb9dd0022d71ead9cfa8d\/ap26132550578637.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">In this image made from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on May 12, 2026, Russia&#8217;s new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is test launched at an unspecified location in Russia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After overseeing a military parade on Red Square on Saturday commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, which for the first time in nearly two decades didn&#8217;t include heavy weapons, Putin declared the conflict in Ukraine is coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Since coming to power in 2000, Putin has overseen efforts to upgrade the Soviet-built components of the Russian nuclear triad &#8211; deploying hundreds of new, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, commissioning new nuclear submarines and modernizing nuclear-capable bombers.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s effort to revamp its nuclear forces pushed the United States to launch a costly modernization of its arsenal.<\/p>\n<h2>Nuclear arms pact expired<\/h2>\n<p>The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the U.S. <span class=\"link\">expired in February<\/span>, leaving no caps on the world&#8217;s two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century and fueling fears of an unconstrained nuclear arms race.<\/p>\n<p>That same month, the U.S. and Russia agreed to\u00a0<span class=\"link\">reestablish<\/span>\u00a0formal, high-level military communications that were suspended in late 2021, prior to Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Sarmat \u2014\u00a0designated &#8220;Satan II&#8221; by NATO \u2014 is meant to replace about 40 Soviet-built Voyevoda missiles. Its development began in 2011 and before now, the missile had only one known successful test and reportedly suffered a <span class=\"link\">massive explosion<\/span> during an abortive test in 2024. A satellite image analyzed by CBS News at the time showed a large crater and remnants of a possible explosion on a launchpad at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Sarmat is\u00a0classified\u00a0as a &#8220;heavy&#8221; ICBM and is capable of carrying up to 10 tons in payload, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies&#8217; Missile Defense Project.<\/p>\n<p>Putin said Tuesday that the Sarmat \u2014 part of a slew of new weapons that Putin revealed in 2018, claiming they would render any prospective U.S. missile defenses useless \u2014 is as powerful as the Voyevoda but with a higher precision. It is capable of suborbital flight, he said, giving it a range of more than 21,700 miles and an extended capability to penetrate any prospective missile defenses.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow&#8217;s new weapons include the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle, capable of flying 27 times faster than the speed of sound. The first vehicles have already entered service.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has also commissioned the new nuclear-capable Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, and used its conventionally-armed version twice to strike Ukraine. Oreshnik&#8217;s range of up to 3,100 miles makes it capable of reaching any target in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Putin also announced Russia was in the &#8220;final stages&#8221; of the development of the nuclear-armed Poseidon underwater drone and the Burevestnik cruise missile powered by miniature atomic reactors. The Poseidon is designed to explode near enemy coastlines and cause a radioactive tsunami. The Burevestnik has virtually unlimited range thanks to nuclear propulsion, allowing it to loiter for days, circling air defenses and attacking from an unexpected direction.<\/p>\n<p>Putin has described those new weapons as part of a Russian response to the U.S. missile shield that Washington developed after its 2001 withdrawal from a Cold War-era U.S.-Soviet pact that limited missile defenses.<\/p>\n<p>Russian military planners have feared a missile shield could tempt Washington to launch a first strike that would knock out most of Moscow&#8217;s nuclear arsenal in hopes of intercepting a small number of surviving missiles fired in retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were forced to consider ensuring our strategic security in the face of the new reality and the need to maintain a strategic balance of power and parity,&#8221; Putin said.<\/p>\n<p>The nuclear treaty that expired in February was a bilateral agreement between the U.S. and Russia, which have about 4,300 and 3,700 nuclear warheads respectively, according to the\u00a0Federation of American Scientists.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the governments of the U.S. and Ukraine have drafted a memorandum outlining the terms of a potential new <span class=\"link\">drone defense deal<\/span>\u00a0between the countries, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. \u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  Eleanor  Watson<\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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