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 ...

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 ...

Russia’s Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday it had shown the country’s new Avangard nuclear missile system to US inspectors for the first time, a move Moscow said showed a key arms control ...

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 ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday his army would deploy a new hypersonic nuclear-capable missile system next year, upping the ante in a high-tech arms race with the U.S.

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

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 ...