Just one heavy ICBM "Sarmat" is enough to destroy a country the size of France.

Against the background of successful tests of the domestic heavy intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat", unconfirmed information appeared on the Web that the capabilities of the latest Russian weapons are such that just one missile capable of carrying 16 independent warheads with a total yield of about 8,8 megatons will be enough to in order to destroy a country the size of France.

Relevant information about the capabilities of the Russian heavy intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat" appeared in the British media. According to the infographics presented, the estimated combat power of such a missile is capable of striking and almost completely destroying a country with a territory of about 250 square miles (about 650 square kilometers - ed.).

It is not known how close such an assessment is to reality, however, taking into account publicly available data, such a list includes more than 240 states whose area is less than 650 thousand square kilometers.

The panic that has begun in the foreign media is in fact only an attempt to start escalating a tense situation. In particular, earlier the Russian side declared its intention to resort to the use of nuclear weapons only in the event of a real threat, not to mention the fact that Russia is counting on resolving any threats peacefully.