The Russian military says its new hypersonic weapon has become operational. The Avangard is capable of flying 27 times faster than the speed of sound, the military says.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the State Council meeting on the agricultural policy at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Putin that the first missile unit equipped with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle entered combat duty, the Defense Ministry said. The Russian leader described the Avangard’s creation as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite.
The Defense Ministry said last month that it demonstrated the Avangard to a team of U.S. inspectors as part of transparency measures under the New Start nuclear arms treaty with the U.S.
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