Russia Shows Avangard Hypersonic Weapon to United States


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From November 24-26, Russia’s Ministry of Defense displayed the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) to U.S. officials. According to a Russian Ministry of Defense statement, the visit was arranged “for the purpose of keeping the New START Treaty viable and effective;” the system is expected to go on combat alert in December 2019. The Avangard is is designed to fit to an SS-19 booster and features a range of over 6,000 km. The Kremlin announced that Avangard had entered serial production in 2018.

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Masao Dahlgren, "Russia Shows Avangard Hypersonic Weapon to United States," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 26, 2019, last modified November 26, 2019, https://missilethreat.csis.org/russia-shows-avangard-hypersonic-weapon-to-united-states/.