Great question. To me it shouts out a warning that just because the major nuclear power players may boast of their nuclear arsenals, these are relatively untested. I dont think it makes the world any safer or less safe, but simply that the technology is not error-proof. Also, of course, instances such as the Sarmat failure can be exploited to feed into the discourse about how rubbish everything Russian is, even as it is actually winning the war, and even as Russia has now possessed operating hypersonic weapons for some five years and the West still does not have them.
Great question. To me it shouts out a warning that just because the major nuclear power players may boast of their nuclear arsenals, these are relatively untested. I dont think it makes the world any safer or less safe, but simply that the technology is not error-proof. Also, of course, instances such as the Sarmat failure can be exploited to feed into the discourse about how rubbish everything Russian is, even as it is actually winning the war, and even as Russia has now possessed operating hypersonic weapons for some five years and the West still does not have them.
What’s the implication of the Sarmat failure?