Iryna Pohorila12:26 p.m., 09/22/24

The rocket detonated in the mine, destroying the training ground.

In the Russian Federation, a nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile  RS-28 “Sarmat” exploded during a test .

It happened yesterday or the day before yesterday, OSINT researchers reported, citing Planet Labs satellite images. According to researchers, the rocket exploded during refueling at the range.

“The tests of the RS-28 “Sarmat” turned out to be a complete failure. The missile detonated in the mine, leaving a huge crater and destroying the test site. “Sarmat” is a liquid-fueled missile, so this accident could have happened separately from the actual launch…”, analysts said.

They also drew attention to the fact that four fire engines arrived in the area of ​​the training ground, supposedly “responding to a forest fire.”

OSINT analyst MT_Anderson released a satellite image of the Plesetsk Russian cosmodrome showing the result of a failed test of this rocket.

As Defense-ua.com analysts noted , the explosion of an intercontinental missile during testing is a catastrophe that can happen once in 50 years, since the previous similar case was recorded in October 1960 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, when the R-16 rocket exploded.

Analysts assumed that the Kremlin is unlikely to officially recognize the very fact of the Sarmat disaster.

Help . RS-28 “Sarmat” is a fifth-generation mine-based Russian strategic missile complex with a multi-stage liquid intercontinental ballistic missile. The length of the rocket is 35 m, the launch weight is 208 tons, the launch weight is about 10 tons. The range of the rocket is 16,000 km. 

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