Russia successfully test-fires Sarmat strategic missile(1/3)

Photo shows the test launch of a Sarmat missile at the Plesetsk state test cosmodrome in northwest Russia's Arkhangelsk region, April 20, 2022. (Photo/ICphoto)

Russia announced that it successfully test-launched a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday at a time when Moscow-West tensions have sharply escalated over Ukraine.

Photo shows the test launch of a Sarmat missile at the Plesetsk state test cosmodrome in northwest Russia's Arkhangelsk region, April 20, 2022. (Photo/ICphoto)

Photo shows the test launch of a Sarmat missile at the Plesetsk state test cosmodrome in northwest Russia's Arkhangelsk region, April 20, 2022. (Photo/ICphoto)