Russia announced on Saturday that it planned seven intercontinental ballistic missile tests next year, saying it would inform the US “at the right time”, EFE news agency reported.

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  • “Russia will inform the American side about any launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile or a submarine-launched ballistic missile,” Russian Strategic Missile Forces commander General Serhii Karakayev told the Red Star newspaper.

According to him, the United States, in turn, informs Russia more than 24 hours in advance of any missile tests conducted by American strategic forces.

The Russian general claimed that the goals of the missile tests are to improve the combat characteristics and operation of control points, as well as the introduction of new information and communication technologies.

  • “Successfully conducted tests allow Russia to significantly increase the combat potential of its troops for an adequate response to perceived threats to our state,” Serhii Karakayev said.

He argued that Russia’s nuclear triad, which consists of land-based ICBMs, nuclear-powered submarines and strategic bombers, can overcome the US missile defense shield.

According to the same general, Russian hypersonic weapons, which, according to President Vladimir Putin, have no equal in the world, are gradually entering service with the army.

This also applies to the heavy intercontinental ballistic missile Sarmat (SS-X-30 Satan-2 in NATO terminology), which can carry 10 to 15 nuclear warheads with individual guidance. This missile, which, according to the Russian president, has a “practically unlimited range”, will soon enter service with the Russian army in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, General Karakayev said.

President Putin, who put Russia’s strategic forces on alert shortly after the start of the war against Ukraine last February, confirmed on Thursday that Russia will go all the way in this war until it achieves its goals, which include demilitarization and military neutrality Ukraine . (Source: Agerpres)

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