The "Satan" family.. 3 Russian missiles terrify the world

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

And "Sarmat" is not alone, as it is a member of the family of terror that also includes missiles such as "Kingal", "Zircon" and "Avanguard", which Russia is waving in the face of 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 producing hypersonic "Zircon" missiles in huge quantities, and that it had signed contracts worth nearly half a trillion rubles at the Army Forum 2022, and would also continue to produce "Kingal" missiles.

The military and strategic analyst, Eid Al-Floof, 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 ready for or bear its costs.

And 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 than that to prevent that provocation.

Al-Tofan, a former brigadier general in the Iraqi army, added that what he described as the shock left by the Russian hypersonic Kengal missile after it was actually revealed in 2018 prompted the CIA to move to find out its details, features, and what Russia has in store of advanced weapons, and it may be I found in the Ukrainian war a suitable opportunity for this.

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

And should it really strike terror into Moscow's enemies?

Sarmat

It is a Russian 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 military authority in 2011, and was classified among the weapons of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, and became a substitute for the "Vovoda" or "Satana" (Satan) missile.

The Sarmat is an RS-28, which replaced the 1970s-era RS-36M, which NATO calls the "devil missile."

The missile weighs about 100 tons and has the capacity to carry a nuclear payload of 10 tons. With this payload, it can cause an explosion 2,000 times more powerful than the nuclear 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).

"Sarmat 2" - which the Russians also called the "rocket king" and "Doomsday" - works on liquid fuel, and is launched from platforms hidden under the ground, and the energy stock allows the missile to fly across the North and South Poles.

And the Russian news agency "Sputnik" stated 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 reaches 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 speeds and above.

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. The first test launch of the missile was carried out from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region on April 20, 2022.

kengal

Russia recently announced that it used supersonic "Kinzhal" missiles - whose name means "dagger" in Russian - for the first time in its war on Ukraine and 3 times over the past months.

The Russian Minister of Defense indicated that the Kengal missiles have characteristics that no missile of this type in the world possesses in terms of speed and direction to hit the target with a change in its trajectory on the vertical and horizontal levels, explaining that this missile cannot be intercepted, and Moscow uses it to hit very important targets. .

It is possible to supply Kingal with a conventional or nuclear warhead, such as the explosive "TNT". The warhead weighs 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.

And "Kingal" missiles are designed 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 extreme accuracy similar to that of sniping, and its deviation does not exceed one meter, according to Russian sources.

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

The missile's speed 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 zigzag path, allowing it to penetrate specialized networks to catch missiles, as well as its ability to change its direction during 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, and it is at a low altitude that makes its detection speed from Missile defense systems are more difficult, and by the time they are detected, they are already close to their target.

Tsircon

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

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

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

The statement indicated that the launch came within the framework of "new weapons experiments" by Russia.

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

The first Tsirkon missile was launched in October 2020, and President Vladimir Putin at the time hailed it as a "major event". After that, other experiments were carried out, 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 Day, that the Zircon missiles will join the Russian naval fleet within a few months, and their deployment areas will be based on Russian interests, without specifying them.