Developed by the Research and Production Association of Machine-Building, the Avangard, which was first tested in 2004, is a strategic intercontinental ballistic missile system equipped with a ...

Russia's Defense Ministry says it has informed President Vladimir Putin that the controversial new hypersonic, intercontinental-range Avangard missile system has been put into service.

Mounted on top of an intercontinental ballistic missile, the Avangard can carry a nuclear weapon of up to two megatons. Russia's defence ministry has released video of the Avangard system, but ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the impending deployment Wednesday of a new hypersonic nuclear-capable missile system that he claims will evade American defenses worldwide, dramatically ...

A handout still image from video footage made available in July 2018 by the Russian Defence Ministry shows the Avangard hypersonic strategic missile system equipped with a gliding hypersonic ...

Putin added that Avangard is on the verge of deployment readiness: “Starting from next year, in 2019, a new intercontinental strategic system Avangard will enter service in the Russian army and ...

The Avangard is a strategic intercontinental ballistic missile system equipped with a gliding hypersonic maneuvering warhead. Read also Putin announces Russia possesses hypersonic weapons ...

Russia has successfully tested its new Avangard hypersonic missile, the Kremlin said on December 26. President Vladimir Putin watched the test from the Defense Ministry's control room in Moscow ...

Key Points – Russia’s Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), unveiled by President Putin in 2018 as a nuclear-capable weapon designed to penetrate missile defenses at speeds up to Mach 27 ...

A still from the defence ministry video shows an Avangard warhead (computer simulation) Russia's first regiment of Avangard hypersonic missiles has been put into service, the defence ministry says ...

The Avangard is a strategic intercontinental ballistic missile system equipped with a hypersonic boost-glide vehicle. According to open sources, the breakthrough weapon was developed by the ...