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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.

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  1. Re:Hmm by aliquis · · Score: 1, Troll

    Because they want to remain a sovereign nation going their own way and don't confirm with whatever path the globalists of everythings destruction want to take.

    Why the fuck the rest of the European leaders don't go the same way as Russia I have no fucking clue.

    Sweden is destroyed. Germany is destroyed. I guess UK and France also are. Yay!

  2. Re: Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you want World War 3, vote for Hillary.

  3. Re: Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh you silly Americans and your revisionist history.

    The Soviets beat the Nazi menace, not you.

  4. Re:Feeding the trolls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    http://blog.dilbert.com/post/1...

    funny how bullying and putting down people has become 'insightful' on slashdot. its endemic now. for that alone..

  5. Re: Hmm by Joce640k · · Score: 0, Troll

    Donald Trump's new border fence will keep those missiles out, no problem.

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  6. Re:Hmm by meta-monkey · · Score: 1, Troll

    Look at my UID and post history you fucking retard. I'm an American.

    Yes, you know Russian media is propaganda, but you're stupid enough to believe anything Anderson Cooper tells you. He's so pretty.

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