[Bigiron]

Putin says Russia to deploy Sarmat nuclear missiles

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would pay increased attention to boosting its nuclear forces by deploying a much delayed new intercontinental ballistic missile, rolling out hypersonic missiles and adding new nuclear submarines.

A year since ordering the invasion of Ukraine, Putin has signalled he is ready to rip up the architecture of nuclear arms control - including the big powers' moratorium on nuclear testing - unless the West backs off in Ukraine.

Putin on Tuesday sought to underscore Russian resolve in Ukraine by suspending a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, announcing new strategic systems had been put on combat duty and warning that Moscow could resume nuclear tests. read more 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/put...023-02-22/

[Basic_Strategy]

https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/rs-28-sarmat/

The new ICBM is bigger, but not necessarily better as it is liquid-fuelled. Which means it takes more time to prepare for launch, you can't just press a button as and when you need to and fire it off.