Director of Roskosmos Rogozin posts picture of Sarmat nuclear missile, again says it will be serially produced

IRYNA BALACHUK — TUESDAY, 12 JULY, 10:17

Dmitrii Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos, has said that Russia is preparing for serial production of the Sarmat nuclear missile.

Source: Rogozin on Telegram

Quote from Rogozin: "Sarmat. The world's most powerful nuclear missile with a global range is preparing for new tests and serial production."

Details: He has also published a photo with a Sarmat nuclear missile in the background, lying covered on a railway platform.

Background:

• On 21 June, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia's first Sarmat strategic missile system will be on combat duty at the end of 2022.
• The first test launch of the rocket was carried out at the end of April from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk Oblast [Russia].
• At the end of April, on "Russia 1" TV channel, Russian propagandist Olga Skabeeva and State Duma deputy from the LDPR faction Alexei Zhuravlev discussed how many seconds the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile would take to reach the capitals of Great Britain, Germany, and France – each of whom are supplying weapons to Ukraine.