Russia Unveils Image of Its Terrifying 'Satan 2' Missile That Can Burn the World Into Ashes (Photos)

It is all eyes on Britain and America as Russia unveils the world's most powerful nuclear missile that can burn the world down into ashes.

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has unveiled chilling pictures of its largest ever nuclear missile, capable of destroying an area the size of France, Dailymail reports.

 

The terrifying RS-28 Sarmat missile, dubbed Satan 2 by NATO, has a top speed of 4.3 miles (7km) per second and has been designed to outfox anti-missile shield systems. 

 

The world's most powerful nuclear missile 'Satan 2' can burn the world down into ashes

 

The new Sarmat missile could deliver warheads of 40 megatons - 2,000 times as powerful as the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. 

 

Putin is reportedly planning to replace the country's older SS-18 Satan weapons with the new missiles amid a string of recent disagreements with the West. The Kremlin has stepped up the rhetoric against the West and carried a series of manoeuvres that has infuriated politicians in the US and UK.

 

Russia has unveiled chilling pictures of its largest ever nuclear missile, capable of destroying an area the size of France

 

The pictures were revealed online by chief designers from the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau.

 

A message posted alongside the picture said: 'In accordance with the Decree of the Russian Government 'On the State Defense Order for 2010 and the planning period 2012-2013', the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau was instructed to start design and development work on the Sarmat. ' 

 

Earlier this year, a Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile system was paraded through

Red Square during the Victory Day parade but there was no sign of the RS-28 Sarmat

  

The RS-28 Sarmat missile is said to contain 16 nuclear warheads and is capable of destroying an area the size of France or Texas, according to Russian news network Zvezda, which is owned by Russia's ministry of defence.    

 

The weapon is also able to evade radar. 

 

It is expected to have a range of 6,213 miles (10,000 km), which would allow Moscow to attack London and other European cities as well as reaching cities on America's west and east coasts.

 

Igor Sutyagin, an expert in Russian nuclear capability at the Royal United Services Institute in London, told MailOnline: 'The SS-18 is more than 30 years old. It is past its sell-by date. 

 

'So even if you had the warmest relations in the world with Nato you would want to update your missiles. 

 

'But (President) Putin of course is happy for it to be portrayed as an aggressive move. He wants to stress his unpredictability and his importance.'