Russia is planning to deploy deadly ‘Satan 2’ nuclear missiles capable of destroying an area the size of the United Kingdom

The country’s military claims that Russia is planning to deploy its deadly intercontinental ballistic missile, codenamed ‘Satan 2,’ by this autumn.

Only days after Russia successfully test-fired the Sarmat ICBM, Dmitry Rogozin, the president of the Roscosmos space agency, disclosed the Kremlin’s ambitious goal of launching the missile.

The lethal missile, dubbed Satan 2, has the ability to travel 11,000 miles, carry more than 12 warheads, and destroy an area the size of the United Kingdom.

According to the state-run Tass news agency, Rogozin announced that a unit with the Satan-2 will be sent to Uzhur, some 1,800 miles east of Moscow, later this year.

On Wednesday, Russia successfully test-fired the missile, with video showing the massive 115-foot missile being launched from an underground silo and causing a massive blaze.

It took roughly 15 minutes to cross practically the whole length of Russia (almost 3,600 miles).

According to Russian defence authorities, the missile landed in the Kura Missile Test Range on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far east.

The launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile would provide “fuel for thought” for those attempting to attack Russia, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Satan 2 missile’s individual warheads are capable of detaching from the main 100-tonne missile and travelling at hypersonic speeds towards their target.

The bombs are 1,000 times more powerful than the ones unleashed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States during World War II.

This implies that they can pulverise an area the size of England and Wales or Texas in the United States.

One of them alone has the explosive force of eight megatons of TNT.

According to the Kremlin, the RS-28 Sarmat has the capacity to adopt trajectories and unusual paths that “significantly delay their destruction even by powerful missile defence systems.”

Russia’s defence ministry said that the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile can defeat any missile defence system.

“The range of its combat equipment has fundamentally increased thanks to the missile’s energy-mass characteristics, both in terms of the number of warheads and varieties, including hypersonic gliders,” the ministry said in a statem

According to Reuters, Douglas Barrie, a senior fellow for military aerospace at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Russia’s option of launching it over either of the Earth’s poles might pose a threat to radar and tracking systems on the ground and in space.

The projected timeframe to deploy by the end of the year, according to the military expert, is ambitious.

He feels that further testing is required before Russia can use the devastating weapon.

According to sources, an increasing number of Kremlin insiders believe their Russian leader would use nuclear weapons to destroy Ukraine and prevent a palace coup.

Some in Moscow’s elite are also raising concerns about President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of its neighbour and its economic and political consequences.

According to Bloomberg, Putin’s detractors are dispersed throughout high government and state-owned corporate positions. Bloomberg cited 10 people with firsthand knowledge of the situation.

His critics feel that the conflict in Ukraine was a grave mistake that would put Russia back decades.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would not respond directly to repeated inquiries about whether Russia may deploy nuclear weapons in Ukraine during an interview on Tuesday.

“Well, as our director of Central Intelligence, Bill Burns, indicated in open hearing last week, this is something we have to be concerned about,” Philip Reeker, the interim US ambassador to the UK, told Sky News.

“This has been brought up by Putin himself. So it’s something we have to keep a tight eye on, the sort of cruelty that’s going on.

“And it appears like there isn’t much that can stop him, especially when he makes threats like that.”

“If Russia is plainly losing this battle, it is possible that Putin would allow their deployment,” said Leigh Turner, a former British ambassador to Ukraine.

Boris Johnson has stated that the UK is considering deploying tanks to Poland as part of its heavy military supply to Ukraine.

The announcement about the embassy came during a press conference in Delhi, where he was meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“I don’t believe it’s a wild concept,” said Gen Sir Chris Deverell, former leader of the UK’s Joint Forces Command.