In Russia they call it "Doomsday", and the West calls it "Satan", and the two names for one missile is the super-Sarmat, which Moscow recently announced its readiness to conduct a new test on it, describing it as the most powerful long-range nuclear missile in the world, in preparation for its entry into service at the end of the year.

And "Sarmat" is not alone, as he is a member of the family of terror, which also includes missiles such as "Kinghal", "Tyrkon" and "Avangard" that Russia has been waving at the West and its enemies on most occasions, especially since the start of its war in Ukraine more than 6 years ago. Months.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said last week that the ministry had started mass production of the "Hypersonice" hypersonic missiles, and that it had also signed contracts worth nearly half a trillion rubles at the Army Forum 2022, and would also continue to produce "Kinghal" missiles.


The military and strategic analyst, Eid Al-Flood, points out that Russia's terrifying missiles are one of the reasons that prevent the West from provoking the Russian bear, which could ignite a third world war that no one is prepared for or to bear.

The flood added, in an interview with Al Jazeera Net, that Kyiv's allies provide it with advanced but limited weapons during its war with Russia, such as "HIMARS" missile systems and "howitzers", but it remains that they are keen not to provide it with more powerful ones to prevent that provocation.

Al-Tawfan, a former brigadier general in the Iraqi army, added that what he described as the shock left by the Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile after it was actually revealed in 2018, prompted the American Central Intelligence (CIA) to move to know its details, features, and advanced weapons hidden by Russia. I found in the Ukrainian war a suitable opportunity for this.

What are the most prominent members of the super-missile family in Russia, whose name was repeatedly circulated in the past months of the war?

Should it really terrify Moscow's enemies?

Sarmat

It is a Russian nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile, which Moscow says is so powerful that it can wipe out most of the United Kingdom or France, and Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 21, 2022 that it will enter service at the end of this year.

The Russian Sarmat missile obtained the authorization of the military authority in 2011, and was classified as a weapon of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, and became an alternative to the "Voevoda" or "Satana" (Demon) missile.

The Sarmat is an RS-28, which has replaced the 1970s-era RS36M, which NATO calls the "devil's missile."

The missile weighs about 100 tons, and has the ability to carry a nuclear payload of 10 tons, and with this payload it can cause an explosion two thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Russian media published reports that Sarmat is capable of destroying an area the size of France or the United Kingdom (European)

The Sarmat-2 - which the Russians have also called the "King of Missiles" and "Doomsday" - is liquid-fueled, and is launched from platforms hidden underground, and the power reserve allows the missile to fly across the north and south poles.

The Russian "Sputnik" news agency reported that the missile has a new technology of its kind that differs from any missile defense system, and said that one of the advantages of "Sarmat" is that it is relatively light in weight, and its flight range is more than 11 thousand kilometers.

The Sarmat missile can be equipped with between 7 and 10 nuclear warheads, with independent guidance, capable of maneuvering in the air, and flying at subsonic and above speeds.

The Devil 2 is distinguished by its ability to change altitude, direction and speed, and has a high level of active protection in the form of anti-missile and air defense systems, and a high level of security fortifications.

Russian military officials say that "Sarmat" is liquid-fueled, and cannot be intercepted by current air defense systems, and the first test launch of the missile was carried out from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region on April 20, 2022.

Kingal

Russia recently announced that it had used supersonic "Kinzhal" missiles - whose name means "dagger" in Russian - for the first time in its war on Ukraine and three times during the past months.

The Russian Defense Minister indicated that the Kinzhal missiles possess characteristics that no missile of this type in the world has in terms of speed, and orientation to hit the target while changing its trajectory at the vertical and horizontal levels, explaining that this missile cannot be intercepted, and Moscow uses it to strike very important targets. .


Kengal can be equipped with a conventional or nuclear warhead, such as TNT, with a warhead weight of about 500 kilograms, and it is designed to be launched from combat aircraft such as the MiG-31 and Tu-22, It can also be launched from ships and submarines.

The "Kinghal" missiles are intended to destroy large warships and aircraft carriers, and can destroy them in whole or in part.

The missile has a high ability to hit targets with pinpoint accuracy similar to sniping, and its deviation does not exceed one meter, according to Russian sources.

The "Kinghal" missiles travel at a speed of about 5,000 kilometers per hour, which is more than 4 times the speed of sound.

The speed of the missile can reach about 12 times the speed of sound, or 14,800 km / h, with a range of up to 3,000 km. It can also perform maneuvers at every stage of its flight, and its high speed makes it more capable of penetrating heavily armored targets.

The missile follows a winding path, allowing it to penetrate specialized networks to catch missiles, as well as its ability to change its direction in flight, and to perform maneuvers that enable it to avoid enemy missile defenses, and it has the ability to destroy targets at a distance of two thousand kilometers, at a low altitude that makes the speed of its detection from Missile defense systems are more difficult, and by the time they are discovered, they are already close to their target.

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At the end of last March, the Russian army announced that it had successfully carried out a new test of a hypersonic missile, one of the weapons described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as "indomitable".

Image taken from a video broadcast by the Russian Defense Ministry of the launch of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile from the Barents Sea (Reuters)

The Russian Defense Ministry said - in a statement - that it launched a cruise missile "Tsirkon" (Tsirkon or Zircon) from the Barents Sea and hit a target in the White Sea, at a distance of up to 1,000 km.

The statement indicated that the launch came as part of Russia's "new weapons tests."

Supersonic or hypersonic weapons, including the Zircon, can move at up to 9 times the speed of sound, and Russia has previously conducted tests to launch Zircon missiles from warships and submarines last year.

The first Tsircon missile was launched in October 2020, and then President Vladimir Putin praised the "big event", and then other tests were conducted, especially from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate and from an underwater submarine.

Putin also said in a speech he delivered in St. Petersburg last month, on the occasion of the Russian Navy's Day, that the "Zirkon" missiles will join the Russian Navy within a few months, and their deployment areas will be based on Russian interests, without specifying them.