“Dear comrades, I congratulate you on the successful launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile.
This is a big, significant event in the development of promising weapons systems for the Russian army.
The new complex has the highest tactical and technical characteristics and is able to overcome all modern means of anti-missile defense.
He has no analogues in the world and will not be for a long time, ”Putin said, his words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
He noted that the Sarmat missile system will ensure the security of Russia and make "those rabid who are trying to threaten her think."
According to Putin, domestic technologies were used in the creation of Sarmat, which will ensure trouble-free serial production.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that a successful launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile was carried out at the Plesetsk cosmodrome from a silo.
The department noted that the new Sarmat missile is capable of hitting targets at long ranges using various flight paths.