'object 4202': new russian hypersonic warhead to be coupled with sarmat icbm

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"This was the second test of hypersonic warheads for the Sarmat. The first was carried out several months ago on the Kapustin Yar site," he said. Litovkin explained that the latest


test was conducted using the R-36 Voevoda ICBM. The Sarmat liquid-fueled, MIRV-equipped, super-heavy thermonuclear armed ICBM is meant as a replacement for the R-36 family. The first image


of the new missile was unveiled earlier this month. "Technical characteristics of the [new hypersonic weapon] are classified, but I can assume that there are up to 20 independently


targetable warheads. Each of them has its own flight program. They fly like cruise missiles but at hypersonic speeds," he detailed. "People in Siberia mistook them for 


meteorites."