by Shane Trejo, Big League Politics:

On September 1, 2023, the Russian government announced that it had placed its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) on “combat duty.”
Russian media news outlet RIA quoted the head of Roscosmos — Russia’s space agency — Yuri Borisov, noting: “the Sarmat strategic complex has been put on combat duty.”
The Sarmat ICBM can be nuclearly equipped and was previously praised by Russian President Vladimir Putin for being able to hit “any target on Earth.” Many arms experts believe it is the missile with the longest range in Russia’s missile arsenal. NATO authorities have nicknamed it the “Satan II” for its perceived power and its being allegedly the longest range missile on the planet.