Russia tests a new “advanced” intercontinental ballistic missile

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Russia has conducted what it said was a successful test launch of an “advanced” intercontinental ballistic missile, weeks after it suspended participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that “a combat crew successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from a mobile land-based missile system” from the Kapustin Yar test site on Tuesday.

“The warhead of the missile hit an imaginary target at the Sary-Shagan training ground (the Republic of Kazakhstan) with certain accuracy,” the statement added.

Since sending troops into Ukraine last year, President Vladimir Putin has issued veiled warnings that he might use nuclear weapons there if Russia is threatened.

While the Russian Defense Ministry did not specify the type of missile used in its launch on Tuesday, in February, Putin said a new type of ICBM would be deployed sometime this year, following US reports that the weapon had recently failed a test.

The Sarmat missile – dubbed “Satan 2” by Western analysts – is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads and is one of Russia’s next generation missiles that Putin has described as “invincible”.

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