The Sarmat missile, or Satan II , is said to be the world s longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of striking a target 11,200 miles away - meaning it could easily strike the US and Europe.
Fiona Hill, a British-born Russia expert and former White House intelligence adviser, said Putin s nuclear blackmail was likely to increase the international demand for nuclear arms.
The Sarmat missile is said to be the world s longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of striking a target 11,200 miles away - meaning it could easily strike targets in the US and Europe.
Vladimir Putin ordered the test firing of his Sarmat RS-28 Satan II missile - which is capable of carrying enough nuclear warheads to destroy France in a single strike.