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Russia has a missile that flies at Mach 27 and can change direction in flight — the US has nothing that can stop it

Russia's Avangard is the only operational hypersonic glide vehicle in service anywhere in the world. Developed from Soviet Project Albatross, which began in the 1980s to defeat Ronald Reagan's ...
Digital Journal

Russia’s Avangard hypersonic missiles enter combat duty

According to Russian media, the new weapon will be impossible to intercept and will ensure Russia’s security for decades to come. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the Avangard hypersonic ...
Aviation Week

Russia Puts Hypersonic Avangard Nuclear Missile On Combat Alert

The first Russian missile regiment armed with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) became operational at 10 a.m. on Dec. 27, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) said. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ...
TASS

Russia’s 1st two Avangard hypersonic missile systems to assume combat duty — source

MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. The first two UR-100N UTTKh intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) outfitted with the Avangard nuclear boost-glide vehicle will go on experimental combat duty in ...