The Missiles Keep Coming: Russia's Sarmat Raises More Questions Than Answers The test launch of Russia's new intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarmat, has sent shockwaves around the globe.
President Vladimir Putin hailed the nuclear capable weapon as the world's "most powerful" missile, with a warhead yield more than four times greater than any Western equivalent.
This development comes at a time when the arms control architecture that governed the two superpowers' nuclear arsenals for decades is on shaky ground.