Why did Sarmat explode and what are the political consequences of the disaster?

Russia&#039;s newest intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarmat, exploded in a silo at the Plesetsk test site in the Arkhangelsk region. This is not the first failure in rocket testing. Let&#039;s figure out why the Sarmat doesn&#039;t fly, how many successful rocket launches there have been, why the Kremlin is in such a hurry to put the Sarmat into service, how Vladimir Putin uses these weapons in his confrontation with the United States and Europe, and what the political consequences of another failure will be. 00:00 Accident during Sarmat tests: what happened 00:55 Why “Sarmat” exploded at the Plesetsk training ground 02:25 Successful and unsuccessful tests of the Sarmat missile 04:56 Political aspects of the arms race 06:52 Possible reasons for the failure of Sarmat Exclusive paid telegram channel: <a href="https://t.me/tribute/app?startapp=s9jK" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.me/tribute/app?startapp=s9jK</a> Subscribe to Patreon (non-Russian cards): <a href="https://patreon.com/kolezev" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://patreon.com/kolezev</a> Subscribe to Boosty (Russian cards): <a href="https://boosty.to/kolezev" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://boosty.to/kolezev</a> Donate via PayPal: kolezev.inbox@gmail.com “Weekly Kolezev” newsletter: <a href="https://kolezev.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://kolezev.substack.com</a> Support with crypto: ZCash: t1NYJhjS8PTjrR8VQ5YnScVTo9StpuTKXSa USDT TRC20: TZEq5aNnu1jdgd85FTBzyyfJCqvBMX1HAG USDT ERC20: 0x92b467a0564bf96eac3eea16589841cef45fbf9a BTC: 1Mu9oGTkwdhNN7DPQ4CPXkfRA2m5UVdm7C Dash: Xhu5ZFVoXkL2AeEfmKu3sKSgDTVZa6NyDJ TON: EQBI0RRjwFE7QjN_RKj68mGc59G6z_ZpAGk5tPS_uQDWM3HQ For advertising questions: adkolezev@gmail.com And follow me on social networks: Telegram channel: <a href="https://t.me/kolezev" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.me/kolezev</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/kolezev" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://twitter.com/kolezev</a> Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/kolezev" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://instagram.com/kolezev</a> Help: who am I? My name is Dmitry Kolezev, I am a journalist by training, former editor-in-chief of Znak.com and Republic publications. Founder and owner of the publication ItsMyCity.Ru (Ekaterinburg). Author of the telegram channel “Kolezev” and creator of this YouTube channel. I have lived in Yekaterinburg all my life, now I am outside the Russian Federation. In Russia he was declared a foreign agent and wanted in a criminal case for publications about the war in Ukraine.