Nuclear super weapons that Vladimir Putin claims can strike anywhere on the planet are being tested by Russia, military footage has revealed. Daunting images purport to show the latest round of tests for the missiles, which the military says are capable of wiping out an area ‘the size of Texas or France’. The RS-28 Sarmat missiles are capable of striking targets via both the North and South poles and can carry more
nuclear warheads than any other missile on the planet, Russia claims. What’s more, the RS-28 Sarmat missiles are able to deliver up to 24 of Russia’s new Avangard hypersonic gliders, each of which can carry its own nuclear payload. There is currently no method of defence against the Avangard cruise missiles, which can allegedly travel at 20 times the speed of sound. Putin has said both Sarmat and Avangard will be combat-ready by 2020. READ MORE
