{"id":80379,"date":"2026-05-12T18:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/putin-hails-russias-test-launch-of-new-icmb-known-as-satan-ii-calls-it-most-powerful-missile-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:57:17","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:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/putin-hails-russias-test-launch-of-new-icmb-known-as-satan-ii-calls-it-most-powerful-missile-in-the-world\/","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> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">fighting in Ukraine<\/a><\/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 loading=\"lazy\" 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/start-arms-control-treaty-u-s-russia-nuclear-weapons-expire\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">expired in February<\/a><\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-russia-military-communication\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">reestablish<\/a><\/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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org\/missile-threat-and-proliferation\/todays-missile-threat\/russia\/rs-28-sarmat-satan-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designated &#8220;Satan II&#8221;<\/a> 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russian-icbm-test-launch-failed\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">massive explosion<\/a><\/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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/missilethreat.csis.org\/missile\/rs-28-sarmat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classified<\/a>\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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/initiative\/status-world-nuclear-forces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federation of American Scientists<\/a>.<\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-us-drone-defense-deal-draft-iran-war-capabilities-necessities\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">drone defense deal<\/a><\/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>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/eleanor-morgan-watson\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Eleanor  Watson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- 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