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This video grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on May 12, 2026, shows the test launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. (Handout / Russian Defense Ministry / AFP)
May 13, 2026, 2:22 pm
Russia tests new nuclear-capable ICBM, which Putin boasts as world’s ‘most powerful’
Sarmat, known by NATO as Satan II, is Russia’s first post-Soviet ‘super heavy’ missile; Putin says it carries warhead 4 times bigger than any US missile, will deploy this year
By Agencies
Women walk past a ballistic missile launch vehicle in Tehran on February 11, 2026, during a rally marking the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution (AFP)
February 27, 2026, 9:29 am
Trump’s claim on Iranian missile development said unsupported by US intelligence
US president said Iran creating missile that could ‘soon reach’ US, but Tehran is years away from developing such a weapon, according to 2025 report that sources say is still current
By Jonathan Landay, Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery
This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a scorched launch pad at Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Semnan province, Iran, on September 24, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
September 26, 2025, 12:13 pm
Iran likely carried out undeclared missile test last week, satellite photos indicate
Launch pad shows scorch marks characteristic of solid-fuel missile launch, after social media lit up with sightings of a projectile on Sept. 18; lawmaker says Iran tested ICBM
By AP and ToI Staff
This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a damaged large building at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard's Shahroud Space Center in Semnan province, Iran, October 29, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
October 29, 2024, 6:03 pm
Satellite photos show Israel’s Iran strike likely hit key IRGC missile production base
Apparent damage at base in Shahroud could make it harder for Revolutionary Guard to produce the solid-fuel ballistic missiles Tehran has twice used in direct attacks against Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
A TV screen is seen reporting North Korea's missile launch with file footage during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, April 13, 2023. (Lee Jin-man/AP)
April 13, 2023, 12:08 pm
North Korea fires intercontinental missile that may be new type of weapon
Rocket probably used swift-launching solid rocket fuel, South Korean defense official says; US calls move ‘destabilizing’; Japan orders Hokkaido residents to shelter as precaution
By Hyung-Jin Kim, KIM TONG-HYUNG and Mari Yamaguchi
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, February 18, 2023. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
February 19, 2023, 2:02 pm
North Korea tests ICBM, warns US and South Korea of more powerful steps
Pyongyang says launch of Hwasong-15 missile demonstrates country’s efforts to ‘turn its capacity of fatal nuclear counterattack on hostile forces’
By Hyung-Jin Kim
A man watches a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on November 18, 2022. (Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
November 18, 2022, 8:18 am
North Korea said to fire intercontinental missile able to hit US mainland
The launch is part of a record-breaking blitz in recent weeks that Pyongyang says is a response to Washington’s moves to bolster its protection of regional security allies
By AFP
Illustrative: An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, October 2, 2019. (Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong/US Air Force via AP)
August 17, 2022, 12:14 am
US tests ICBM over Pacific after delays linked to Russia, China tensions
Minuteman III missile is capable of carrying nuclear warhead; US Air Force says launch is routine and ‘not the result of current world events’
By AFP
This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows a rocket preparing to be erected at a launch pad at Imam Khomeini Space Center southeast of Semnan, Iran, on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)
June 15, 2022, 3:20 am
US says Iran raising tensions as satellite images show prep for space rocket launch
Tehran does not confirm space mission that comes after five failed launches in a row; analysts believe Tehran to test new satellite rocket called Zuljanah
By Jon Gambrell
People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch with file image, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, May 25, 2022. (AP/Lee Jin-man)
May 25, 2022, 1:10 pm
North Korea tests suspected ICBM and 2 other missiles, hours after Biden leaves Asia
South Korea alleges rogue state fired projectiles into sea; if confirmed it would be first launch in 2 months; reported test comes as Pyongyang claims its 1st COVID wave receding
By Hyung-Jin Kim and KIM TONG-HYUNG
In this handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service April 20, 2022, the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk in Russia's northwest. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
April 25, 2022, 10:00 am
Russia’s new missile, touted by Putin, can carry hypersonic weapons, officer says
Commander of the Russian military’s Strategic Missile Forces reveals Sarmat intercontinental ballistic rocket is designed to carry several Avangard hypersonic glide vehicles
By AP
In this handout photo released by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service on April 20, 2022, the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk in Russia's northwest. (Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service via AP)
April 20, 2022, 11:25 pm
Russia tests new intercontinental ballistic missile, threatens West
Putin hails successful launch, saying Sarmat will make countries ‘think twice’ about aggressive intentions against Moscow
By AP
Satellite photos, released by Israeli firm ImageSat International on January 14, 2019, show apparent preparations by Iran to launch a satellite into space from its Imam Khomenei Spaceport in northern Iran. (ImageSat International)
January 14, 2019, 7:33 pm
Israeli intel firm: Iran in final stages before launch of satellites into orbit
Satellite images show additional personnel, trucks around Islamic Republic’s spaceport; Israel, US fear Tehran using space program to improve its ballistic missiles
By Judah Ari Gross
A picture from the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry claims to show the launch of a satellite-carrying rocket on July 27, 2017. (Iranian Defense Ministry)
January 10, 2019, 12:05 pm
Iran preparing satellite launches despite US warnings
Washington says space initiative defies UN resolution by advancing technology that could be used to develop long-range ballistic missiles
By Nasser Karimi
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the press at the State Department in Washington, DC, on December 13, 2018. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)
January 3, 2019, 6:58 pm
Pompeo on Tehran rockets: US ‘won’t stand by’ as Iran threatens global security
Secretary of state says Tehran plans to test three space launch vehicles with technology ‘virtually identical to that used in ballistic missiles’
By ToI Staff
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