MOSCOW: Commander of Russian Strategic Missile Forces Sergei Karakayev has reported to President Vladimir Putin apropos successful test-launch of Sarmat Inter-Continental Ballistic Nuclear Missile here on Tuesday (12th May, 2026).
Putin, while terming Sarmat as the most powerful strategic nuclear missile in the world, announced that Russia would deploy it for combat duty by the end of 2026. Sarmat has been designed to hit targets in US and Europe.
M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career forty-five years ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.
