Russia Unveils 'Satan 2' Missile Powerful Enough To 'Wipe Out UK, France Or Texas' (telegraph.co.uk)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Telegraph: Russia has released the first image of its new nuclear missile, a weapon so powerful that it could wipe out nearly all of the United Kingdom or France. The RS-28 Sarmat thermonuclear-armed ballistic missile was commissioned in 2011 and is expected to come into service in 2018. The first images of the massive missile were declassified on Sunday and have now been published for the first time. It has been dubbed "Satan 2," as it will replace the RS-36M, the 1970s-era weapon referred to by Nato as the Satan missile. Sputnik, the Russian government-controlled news agency, reported in May that the missile could destroy an area "the size of Texas or France." Russian media report that the missile will weigh up to 10 tons with the capacity to carry up to 10 tons of nuclear cargo. With that type of payload, it could deliver a blast some 2,000 times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Russia reportedly tested a hypersonic warhead in April that is apparently intended for use on the Satan 2 missiles. The warhead is designed to be impossible to intercept because it does not move on a set trajectory.

Comments

I like the (alleged) picture of it

[hyades1]

I think my girlfriend has one of these in her drawer.

Re:I like the (alleged) picture of it

[Anonymous Coward]

I think my girlfriend has one of these in her drawer.

Neck massager?

Re:I like the (alleged) picture of it

[RuffMasterD]

Russia makes the worlds most powerful dildo. USA could elect the worlds most powerful women. This is going to be interesting :-)

Re:Putin just out-tyranted Tsiolkovsky

[Anonymous Coward]

in sovjet-russia, payload carries rocket

Here comes the "Trump 1"

[burni2]

The Trump 1 is many times more dangerous than the Satan 2.

While the Satan 2 can wipe out only Texas, the Trump 1 in contrast can wipe out the USA including Hawai and Alaska not harming Canada but harming Mexico.

And its paid for by russian tax payers.

Re: Hmm

[Guyle]

It's ATSC now, buddy.

Re: Hmm

[ganjadude]

and i dont know any hillary voter is isnt a sexist or an elitist., usually both. so...... yeah