The Diplomat:
The first regiment of Russia’s Strategic Rocket Force armed with the super-heavy thermonuclear-armed intercontinental-range ballistic missile (ICBM) RS-28 Sarmat (NATO designation: SS-X-30 Satan 2) is expected to deploy by 2021, according to a Russian defense industry source.
“Under the government-run program for armaments extending till 2027 Sarmat is to be produced serially starting from 2020. The first regiment armed with this missile is to enter duty in the Uzhur-based division [in 2021],” the source told state-run TASS news agency on March 2029. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has so far not publicly confirmed the deployment date.
The 62nd Missile Division (MD), currently deployed in Uzhur, is part of the 33rd Guards Missile Army, which is headquartered in Omsk in southwestern Siberia. According to the website Russian strategic nuclear forces, the 62nd MD is armed with 28 Soviet-era RS-36M2 Voyevoda (NATO designation: SS-18 Satan) ICBMs as of 2017.
