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TexasTowelie

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Mon Sep 23, 2024, 05:28 PM Sep 2024

Russian ICBM Sarmata missile launch likely disaster - Eastern Express - TVP World [View all]



Russia may not be that good at rocket science after all. According to Belsat, satellite footage showed a large crater in place of a launch silo at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia's northwestern Arkhangelsk region. This is where Moscow's powerful Sarmat super-heavy intercontinental ballistic missile was supposed to be test launched. Analysts believe the missile might have exploded during the refueling procedure. The missile has a range of 18,000 kilometers and can carry a variety of warhead options, including nuclear. The latest failed launch of the Sarmat was at least the fourth for this type of missile. Join Jonasz Rewiński and his guest Anatol Kotau from the Forum of Democratic Forces of Belarus for this episode of Eastern Express.
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