As it invades Ukraine, Russia says it successfully tested its Sarmat ICBM that could strike the U.S. with nuclear warheads. The Pentagon says it's not worried.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said April 20 that Russia properly notified the United States about its recent intercontinental ballistic missile test. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday that his military successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile with the potential to carry a large nuclear payload, but the Pentagon said it was not a significant threat to the United States.
Russia initially planned to finish Sarmat trials in 2021 and begin deploying it to the army soon after, but several test launches, considered late-stage trials in arms development, were postponed until 2022, the state-run Tass news agency reported last year. “We should be very concerned about this practice of making threats as an instrument of Russian policy [that] is gaining currency,” Erath said.
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