Hypersonic Warheads for Ballistic Missiles

... Russia, China and the United States. The Russian Project 4202 is an intermediate piece en route to a more advanced warhead for existing and future land-based ICBMs, including the RS-28 Sarmat and possibly the RS-26 Rubezh, as well as submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). The vertically and horizontally maneuvering warheads of single and split types would render the future U.S. global BMD system useless and act as an ace in the sleeve that could abruptly change the rules of the game and coerce the Americans into a compromise. In effect since 2011, the Russian-American New Start agreement does not specify any limitations on the development ...