MOSCOW, May 14. /TASS/. Russia’s Sarmat strategic intercontinental ballistic missile system (ICBM) has a combat reserve several times greater than its Western counterparts, the United States, in particular, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov stated.

He also noted that laser technologies open up prospects for implementation in all national industry sectors.

TASS has compiled the Deputy Prime Minister’s key statements.

Russian strategic missile system Sarmat vastly outperforms its Western counterparts in terms of combat capacity: "In terms of volume, power, and overall destructive potential, it surpasses the United States’ and other Western systems several times over."

Russia is at least several years ahead of its foreign partners in the technologies used in the Sarmat system: "As for the advanced technology that is used to achieve the goal, the information we have makes it clear that we are at least several years ahead of our foreign partners."