Russia on Wednesday held a test launch of its intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarmat, according to the country’s defense ministry.
The missile launched at 3:12 p.m. Moscow time from a silo at the Plesetsk State Testing Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region, an area in western Russia about 1,640 miles north of Moscow.
The defense ministry said the missile flew toward the Kura test site on the Kamchatka Peninsula, which sits along the Bering Sea, before it landed in a “designated area” in Kamchatka.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said later Wednesday that Russia had notified the United States ahead of the test, so “we were not surprised by it and did not deem it to be a threat to the United States or allies.”
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Russia test launches intercontinental ballistic missile amid war https://t.co/wJ6Gpw4Ifq pic.twitter.com/lwUx2bGbXm
— The Hill (@thehill) April 20, 2022
And now for something different: Don't get too wired up about the Russian ICBM test flight. This is what Putin does. This is why it was smart for Biden *not* to do it.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 20, 2022
Correct, and it's a "defense evading warhead thingy" that he's been promising for over 15 years. https://t.co/EOGBHHcJLN
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 20, 2022
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