However, the latest model of Satan intercontinental missiles no longer use 20 million TNT equivalent single warheads. Instead, they are equipped with 10 sub-missile heads. Each sub-warhead has a TNT equivalent of 750,000 tons, which is no more than 7.5 million tons in total. The power is much smaller.
Russian military experts have also installed a large number of decoy warheads into the Satan warhead, the purpose of which is to increase the penetration probability of the Satan missile. In this way, although the latest model of Satan intercontinental missile is not as powerful as the original model, it makes it more difficult for the West to deal with.
Because it has a large number of sub-missile heads and many decoys, it is too difficult to intercept all 10 warheads at the same time . The vast majority of air defense missile systems currently used in the West are basically useless for Satan intercontinental ballistic missiles.