“In fact, we are completing the ground testing of the entire system,” Rogozin said.

He added that "never before has Russia created such a rocket."

Earlier, the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu said that flight tests of the new liquid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile silo-based "Sarmat" will begin in 2021, the transfer to the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) is planned in 2022.