In 1973, Soviet scientists and the military tested the launch of the nuclear missile that would become the deadliest weapon in the world: an intercontinental ballistic missile named R-36.
The technology used in the R-36 weapon was cutting edge in the mid-1970s and still remains some of the most accurate today. In fact, from the launch point it can reach distances of up to 16,000 kilometers.
The ‘Twitter’ user Ivan O’Gilvi shared some images in which you can see some of the missiles that use the system developed since 1972 and perfected since then, with its most recent modifications made in 2021.
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More lethal and more accurate
Although they are often confused with each other, the R-36 missile is not the same as ‘Satan’, its variation has been named R-36M. According to the Russian news agency ‘Sputnik’, this second missile took on the best characteristics of its predecessor.
‘Satan’ has a destructive capacity of between 15 and 25 megatons when carrying heavy warheads. In the case of the light ones, these have a power of 8 megatons. One megaton corresponds to the explosive possibility of one million tons of dynamite.
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The previous R-36 was on some springs that had to be replaced when the new missile was created, since ‘Satan’ exceeds 200 tons.
According to official specifications, a single missile of this type could hit 10 different targets, and could cause several other smaller detonations. It can destroy everything within a radius of 300,000 kilometers.
In addition, it comes equipped with decoy bombs and various nuclear warheads within a single missile. This makes it harder to take down once it’s been cast.
Once in the air ‘Satan’ missiles manage to hit their targets with a deviation of a radius of 130 meters.
In the event that the silo from which it is launched is hit by an enemy nuclear missile, the R-36M would not stop its launch, but would only postpone it for 3 to 5 minutes.
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In August 2018, in the midst of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine due to the territorial dispute over Crimea, Vladimir Putin shared videos showing tests and launches of a subsequent weapon: ‘Satan 2’.
This weapon, instead of having 10 nuclear warheads, would have 12. At the end of 2021, Putin had warned that it would be ready for use by the end of 2022.according to the English medium ‘The Sun’.
Now, with the conflict in Ukraine, fears around the world that the war will go nuclear are reminiscent of crises during the Cold War.
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