Britain's Daily Express newspaper said on November 17 that Russia's Avangard hypersonic missile system is capable of attacking many targets around the world in less than 11 minutes.
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| Russia's Avangard hypersonic missile is about to be put into the launch well. (Source: Reuters) |
According to the article, this missile can be fired from outside the earth's atmosphere and its speed will reach 9,5 km/s. At the same time, note that this is the only weapon of its kind and no air defense system can stop it.
“This weapon, previously called a “meteor” by President Vladimir Putin, can be launched from outside the Earth's atmosphere and strike multiple targets anywhere in the world in less than 30 minutes ”, the article reads.
The Avangard air defense system is equipped with a hypersonic guided warhead, launched by an intercontinental ballistic missile UR-100N UTTH/RS-28. Such weapons are used for missile defense.
Previously, it was reported that, in Orenburg province, the Yasnensk missile army was re-equipped with the Avangard missile system.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russia's key missile formation in Orenburg is being fully rearmed with modern Avangard missiles. This new missile will completely replace the old weapons that the above unit is operating.
On November 16, Russia released a video of its missile force bringing an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with an Avangard hypersonic vehicle capable of carrying nuclear warheads to a launch pad in the south of the country. . The video shows a ballistic missile being transported, slowly raised to a vertical position and then lowered into a launch well in the Orenburg region near Kazakhstan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the Avangard hypersonic flying vehicle in 2018, saying the weapon was Moscow's response to the US's development of a new generation of weapons.
Avangard is essentially a hypersonic glider mounted on a rocket capable of propulsion.
Russian media said that Avangard appeared to have begun development in the mid-1980s and the first test was carried out in 2004. All information about this missile was classified until Russia revealed its existence. at its.
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