Russia deployed its first regiment of hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles on Fri...
MOSCOW - Russia deployed its first regiment of hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles on Friday, the Defence Ministry said, a move which President Vladimir Putin has boasted puts his country in a class of its own.
The new system, called Avangard, comprises a hypersonic glide vehicle designed to sit atop an intercontinental ballistic missile, one of several new types of weapons Putin has touted as ahead of their time. Russia said on Nov. 26 that U.S. experts had examined an Avangard under inspection rules of the 2010 New START treaty. A U.S. State Department official confirmed that inspectors examined an Avangard, but had no further comment.
Hypersonic glide vehicles are boosted on a rocket to altitudes of between 40 km and 100 km before detaching to glide along the upper atmosphere toward their target, say researchers.
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