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Video footage from the Russian Ministry of Defense shows the test of a new Sarmat-type ICBM.
President Putin said the weapon would make “those who, in the heat of hardened, aggressive rhetoric, try to threaten our country, think twice.”
The missile, with the NATO code name SS-X-30 Satan 2, has a range of 18,000 kilometers.
The USA reacted calmly to the demonstration of power.
As is usual in such cases, Washington was informed in advance about the test by Moscow.