Российские военные почти завершили работы по постановке на дежурство «Сармата» и «Пересвета»

Shoigu reported to Putin on strengthening the Strategic Missile Forces

Work on putting the fifth-generation Sarmat missile systems on combat duty with a heavy multi-stage liquid intercontinental ballistic missile and Peresvet laser weapon systems (refers to weapons based on new physical principles - editor's note www1.ru) are in the final stage, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

The West knows that we are at a fairly high stage of completion of work on both Poseidon, Peresvet, Burevestnik, and Sarmat. 
Sergei Shoigu
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Peresvet laser weapon system

The minister added that the military had completed work on the Avangard. Two regiments entered service with the Strategic Missile Forces and went on combat duty.

Characteristics of the Sarmat missile system:

  • Modernized version of the RD-264 engine
  • "Orbital bombardment" technology
  • Silo basing
  • Maximum speed in the atmosphere — 15 Mach
  • Performs maneuvers in the air to overcome enemy air defenses

Characteristics of the Peresvet laser weapon

  • Performs air defense and anti-missile defense tasks
  • Illuminates optical reconnaissance systems of the enemy with a laser beam
  • Can be used to cover the starting positions of missile systems
  • Range - up to 1.5 km

Earlier it was reported that this year the Russian military planned to conduct 7 launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Sources
TASS

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