President Putin threatens to deploy new Satan II nuclear missile which can reach Britain in just three minutes by the end of 2022

On Tuesday, June 21, speaking at an event with the military academy graduates at the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin threatened to deploy Russia’s new Satan II nuclear missile, which can reach the UK in just three minutes, by the end of 2022.

Following damage caused during its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Putin said the country will continue to boost its military and praised his soldiers for fighting ‘like heroes’.

He also added Russia will place the first batch of Sarmat ballistic missiles on combat duty by the end of the year as part of the efforts.
The Telegraph reports.

Sarmat is a heavy intercontinental ballistic missile that Russia is expected to deploy carrying 10 or more warheads, according to the US Congressional Research Service.

It has been under development since 2009, and replaces the Soviet-made R-36M Voevoda missile, which was given the Nato codename Satan.

Commander of Russia’s strategic missile forces, Colonel Sergei Karakayev told Kremlin state television last month that they can fly with different trajectories and evade missile defence systems.

He said: ‘There is no existing air defence for the Sarmat missile systems, and it will probably not exist in the coming decades.’

Among other new additions referenced by Putin in his speech are S-500 missile defence systems that he has claimed to be ‘unmatched in the world’.