TASS:
MOSCOW, October 31. /TASS/. Serial production of the new generation inter-continental ballistic missiles Sarmat is scheduled to begin in 2021. The first regiment armed with these missiles will enter duty later in the same year, a source in the Russian defense-industrial complex told TASS.
“The deadline for completing the Sarmat’s flight tests and authorizing it for service is 2021. Serial production is due to begin in the same year. The first regiment – two silo-launched Sarmats and a command center – will enter duty then, too,” the source said.
On March 1, 2018 Russian President Vladimir Putin in his message to the Federal Assembly declared the ICBM Sarmat had entered the active testing phase. The Defense Ministry said in July that the missile would go operational within the expected deadlines.
