Russia needs to significantly increase the number of full-scale flight tests of new ballistic missiles. This opinion was expressed in an interview with mk.ru by military expert Ilya Kramnik.
Thus, he commented on the test launch of the heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) RS-28 Sarmat, information about which appeared on the Web.
Kramnik recalled that the RS-20 Satan rocket, the first modification of the Sarmat, was tested in the USSR from 1973 to 1976, launching 43 rockets during the tests. At the same time, seven launches were unsuccessful.
In the period from 1977 to 1979, during the tests of the next modification, R-36M UTTH (15A18), 19 launches were carried out, of which two were unsuccessful.
Kramnik noted that in order to accept a missile into service, it is necessary to perform at least 6-7 successful launches in 3-4 years.
The number of test launches needs to be increased and no expense spared on this. Shoot more, checking with a launch every significant addition or change, and shoot more often, 4-5 items per year, better 7-8, and not once every six months, so that problems don't creep in.
RS-28 Sarmat is a Russian liquid-fueled heavy-class rocket. According to experts, it is capable of delivering a multiple reentry vehicle weighing up to 10 tons to any point in the world, both through the North and South Poles. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation noted that it has the longest range in the world.
Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized that the new complex has the highest tactical and technical characteristics and is capable of overcoming all modern missile defense systems. The characteristics of the rocket make it possible to fundamentally expand the range of its combat equipment, both in terms of the number of warheads and in terms of types, including planning hypersonic warheads.
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