Putin's Much-Feared 'Satan 2' Nuclear Missile Failed 4 Out of 5 Tests
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High-resolution satellite images of the launch pad at Russia's Plesetsk test site, where the RS-28 Sarmat ballistic missile exploded shows extensive damage.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has suffered an emabarassing setback as his feared Satan 2 nuclear arsenal failed four out of five missile tests, according to arms experts and satellite imagery from the launch site.

High-resolution satellite images of the launch pad at Russia’s Plesetsk test site, where the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile exploded, shows extensive damage.

A crater approximately 60 meters wide at the launch silo at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, along with visible damage in the surrounding area that was not present in images taken earlier in the month.

  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.mlEnglish
    84·
    2 months ago

    It can carry multiple warheads, including nuclear ones, with estimates suggesting it can deliver up to 10–15 independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs).

    Oh good, if only one single missile in Russia’s entire arsenal goes off, we’d only loose 10-15 cities.

    • Zron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      2 months ago

      MIRVs have been a thing for like 50 years.

      The US even took them out of submarine launched missiles, because they made the soviets so nervous we had to promise that we couldn’t delete half of their country in 15 minutes.

      But don’t worry, nuclear war happens so fast, and diplomatic channels are so slow, if anyone launches anything, everyone is practically forced to launch everything or risk losing it. So even if Russia did just launch one to destroy 10-15 cities, all of the cities everywhere would be destroyed anyway.

      • Kyrgizion@lemmy.worldEnglish
        29·
        2 months ago

        If you ever look up at the sky and see 5-10 diagonal lines almost in parallel… well, if you have a firearm nearby, that would be a good time to self-exit for sure.

        • Zron@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          I live right next to one of the largest airports in the world.

          I see 5-10 parallel lines in the sky multiple times a day.

          I also live next to one of the largest airports in the world, which is a few miles from a national guard base located right outside one of the largest cities in America.

          I’m probably in the fireball radius of a nuke, assuming the Russians haven’t been embezzling their government money and are still fueling their hydrogen bombs, so if the big red button gets pushed, I’ll just get vaporized about half an hour later.

          Don’t shoot yourself just because you see lines in the sky. You’re either close enough to civilization for planes to make lines in the sky, in which case the bombs will probably get you anyway, or you’re so far out in the sticks that you’ll have plenty of time to make a decision.