A lot of ICBM’s are capable of launching >10 MT warheads, but my understanding is that the US and Russia don’t actually use such large warheads because it’s more useful to launch 6-10 much smaller warheads instead.
That’s interesting. My sense is the Sarmat sure was built with the goal of launching massive nuclear warheads, so I would be surprised if Russia isn’t going to load it with an appropriate warhead.
I don’t know what the current state of the RS-28 Sarmat is, but it’s listed in various random news articles at being capable of launching 50 megaton warheads and was scheduled to become ready in 2022 (I don’t know the current state).
A lot of ICBM’s are capable of launching >10 MT warheads, but my understanding is that the US and Russia don’t actually use such large warheads because it’s more useful to launch 6-10 much smaller warheads instead.
That’s interesting. My sense is the Sarmat sure was built with the goal of launching massive nuclear warheads, so I would be surprised if Russia isn’t going to load it with an appropriate warhead.