| Title: | New Russian nuke weapon dubbed Satan 2 cannot destroy ‘everything breathing in the world’ |
| URL: | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/02/facebook-posts/new-russian-nuke-weapon-dubbed-satan-2-cannot-dest/ |
| Publisher: | PolitiFact |
| Date published: | March 1, 2022 |
| Description: | Russian state media says the missile can destroy an area the size of Texas or France, not the world. We could not find more objective reports detailing the same destructive power. “Individual warheads would strike distinct targets within a very limited ballistic ‘footprint,’ or many warheads from the same missile would strike the same target, increasing the likelihood of destroying that target completely,” according to a 2021 report from EurAsian Times. The weapon is believed to be able to evade missile defense systems and its deployment is expected around 2022, said a March 1 Congressional Research Service report. We rate the claim that a Russian nuclear weapon dubbed Satan 2 is “capable of destroying everything breathing in the world” False. |
New Russian nuke weapon dubbed Satan 2 cannot destroy ‘everything breathing in the world’
Russian state media says the missile can destroy an area the size of Texas or France, not the world. We could not find more objective reports detailing the same destructive power.
"Individual warheads would strike distinct targets within a very limited ballistic 'footprint,' or many warheads from the same missile would strike the same target, increasing the likelihood of destroying that target completely," according to a 2021 report from EurAsian Times.
The weapon is believed to be able to evade missile defense systems and its deployment is expected around 2022, said a March 1 Congressional Research Service report.
We rate the claim that a Russian nuclear weapon dubbed Satan 2 is "capable of destroying everything breathing in the world" False.
