Russia has announced that the 'Satan II' missile 'capable of hitting anywhere in the world' will be deployed in autumn
The warhead had its first test launch on Wednesday, with experts suggesting it could target the UK as well as Europe and the US.
Putin was shown on TV being briefed about the weapon, with the military saying it had been launched from the northwest of Russia and hit targets in the Kamchatka peninsula in the far east.Dmitry Rogozin, the chief of Roscosmos, said in an interview on Russian TV on Saturday: "In the autumn of this year, after the completion of flight design tests of the Sarmat, we plan to deliver heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles of this superweapon to the Strategic Missile Forces.
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