Russia has released the first image of its new nuclear missile, a weapon so powerful it can wipe out nearly all of the UK or Texas. The RS-28 Sarmat thermonuclear-armed ballistic missile was commissioned in 2011 and is expected to come into service in 2018.The first images of the massive missile were declassified on Sunday and have now been published for the first time.It has been dubbed "Satan 2" as it will replace the RS-36M, the 1970s-era weapon referred to by Nato as the Satan missile.Sputnik, the Russian government-controlled news agency, reported in May that the missile could destroy an area "the size of Texas or France".In April, Russia reportedly tested a hypersonic warhead apparently intended for use on the Satan 2 missiles. The warhead is designed to be impossible to intercept because it does not move on a set trajectory.The Satan 2 will also be much faster than its predecessor. A statement by V Degtar and Y Kaverin, listed as the missile's chief designer and leading designer respectively, said the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau was "instructed to start design and development work" by the Kremlin before a contract was signed in 2011 for the missile's development."The prospective strategic missile system is being developed in order to assuredly and effectively fulfil objectives of nuclear deterrent by Russia's strategic forces," the statement reads, according to RT, the Russian government-funded news site...