{"id":48698,"date":"2017-10-25T10:52:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T10:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=48698"},"modified":"2017-10-25T10:52:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T10:52:04","slug":"russia-to-test-new-missile-which-could-destroy-texas-amid-trump-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/russia-to-test-new-missile-which-could-destroy-texas-amid-trump-tensions.html","title":{"rendered":"Russia to test new missile which &#8216;could DESTROY Texas&#8217; amid Trump tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Russia to test new missile which &#8216;could DESTROY Texas&#8217; amid Trump tensions<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The RS-28 Sarmat is said to be capable of destroying an area the size of Texas, and could evade missile defences with multiple hypersonic warheads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Russian state media have claimed the missile has a range of 11,000km, a payload of 15 warheads, and the ability to \u201cspeed past every missile defence system in existence\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The 100-plus ton ICBM will be tested in north-west Russia before the end of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">As North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un continues his aggressive missile testing campaign, as well as his exchange of insults and threats with President Donald Trump, tensions could now mount between Russia and the US too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">However questions have been raised about the validity of Russian state-sponsored media\u2019s claims about the warheads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">RIA claims the missile will have a \u201cthrow weight\u201d of five tons &#8211; meaning the mass of all its components minus fuel and the launch rocket. But missile experts have questioned whether this is really possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Michael Kofman, of the Centre for Naval Analyses, said: \u201cHow do you fit a payload of 0 warheads and tons of decoys into five tons?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThere are large questions outstanding about conflicting claims about throw-weight, warheads and penetration aids.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It comes as Kim Jong-un has claimed North Korea is now a \u201cfully-fledged nuclear power\u201d in a letter to governments including Indonesia and Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The rogue dictator has undertaken six nuclear tests this year in a testing programme so aggressive it has threatened to destroy his own landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He has also provoked both South Korea and the US with aggressive rhetoric, threatening to destroy both nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Meanwhile Washington has vowed Donald Trump\u2019s military \u201cwill continue\u201d to back its South Korean allies and maintain a strong stance against Kim Jong-un\u2019s nuclear-armed north.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/870725\/World-War-3-Russia-missile-test-destroy-Texas-Donald-Trump<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/russia-to-test-new-missile-which-could-destroy-texas-amid-trump-tensions.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia to test new missile which &#8216;could DESTROY Texas&#8217; amid Trump tensions The RS-28 Sarmat is said to be capable of destroying an area the size of Texas, and could evade missile defences with multiple hypersonic warheads. 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