Russia Deploys 'Avangard' Hypersonic-Missile System

The Guardian: Russia deploys first hypersonic missiles

Avangard capable of carrying 2-megaton nuclear weapon at 27 times the speed of sound

Russia has deployed its first hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles, with Vladimir Putin boasting that it puts his country in a class of its own.

The president described the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle, which can fly at 27 times the speed of sound, as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite.

Putin has said Russia’s new generation of nuclear weapons can hit almost any point in the world and evade a US-built missile shield, though some western experts have questioned how advanced some of the weapons programmes are.

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WNU editor: Russian media is also playing up another nuclear missile (but one that has a disappointing history) .... Vladimir Putin's TV channel boasts about his nuclear-powered cruise missile months after it blew up in the Baltic Sea killing five and causing huge radiation leak (Daily Mail).

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