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Russia Test-Launches the Sarmat Heavy ICBM

Moscow Kremlin, Faleyevskiy per., Yakimanka District, Moscow, Central Federal District, 115035, Russia

Russia Test-Launches the Sarmat Heavy ICBM

Starts 05/12/2026 8:15AMCONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCEKremlin^[1], 12 May 2026: Karakayev reported 'Today at 11:15 a.m., the Strategic Missile Forces launched the latest heavy liquid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarmat. The launch was successful' (Moscow time, 08:15 UTC).

Russia's Strategic Missile Forces test-fired the Sarmat heavy liquid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile, which commander Sergei Karakayev said was successful and would let the first Sarmat regiment go on combat duty at Uzhur by the end of 2026.

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First Sarmat ICBM Regiment Due on Combat Duty at Uzhur

Uzhur, Uzhursky Rayon, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberian Federal District, Russia

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First Sarmat ICBM Regiment Due on Combat Duty at Uzhur

Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCEMoscow Times, 12 May 2026: Karakayev said the test 'clears the way for Russia's Strategic Missile Forces to station the first Sarmat-armed regiment at its Uzhur unit in the Krasnoyarsk region by the end of 2026'; the pin takes 31 December 2026.^[1]

Russia says the first regiment armed with the Sarmat heavy ICBM will go on combat duty at the Uzhur missile division in Krasnoyarsk Territory by the end of 2026, after years of delays and test failures.

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Russia Test-Launches the Sarmat Heavy ICBM

First Sarmat ICBM Regiment Due on Combat Duty at Uzhur