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Eugene

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Fri Dec 27, 2019, 08:31 PM Dec 2019

Russia deploys Avangard hypersonic missile system

Source: BBC

Russia deploys Avangard hypersonic missile system

27 December 2019

Russia's first regiment of Avangard hypersonic missiles has been put into service, the defence ministry says.

The location was not given, although officials had earlier indicated they would be deployed in the Urals.

President Vladimir Putin has said the nuclear-capable missiles can travel more than 20 times the speed of sound and put Russia ahead of other nations.

They have a "glide system" that affords great manoeuvrability and could make them impossible to defend against.

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed the "Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle entered service at 10:00 Moscow time on 27 December", calling it a "landmark event".

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50927648


A still from the defence ministry video shows an Avangard warhead (computer simulation) (Getty Images)
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Russia deploys Avangard hypersonic missile system (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2019 OP
Two megatons is a pretty large yield sarisataka Dec 2019 #1

sarisataka

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1. Two megatons is a pretty large yield
Fri Dec 27, 2019, 08:55 PM
Dec 2019

I wonder if this weapon has a poor CEP and needs a large blast to make up for accuracy.

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