The Avangard combat unit is capable of flying in the dense layers of the atmosphere at hypersonic speed, maneuvering along the course and altitude and overcoming any missile defense
MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. The next two intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) UR-100N UTTH with hypersonic combat equipment "Avangard" can take up combat duty in one of the regiments of the Yasnensky compound of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) in the third decade of December. This was reported to TASS on Thursday by a source in the military-industrial complex.
"the next two mine launchers (shpu) with icbms equipped with "avangards" can take up combat duty in one of the regiments of the yasnensky missile connection approximately on december 25, " he said on the day of the strategic missile forces celebrated today.
In " NPO Mashinostroeniya "(part of the corporation "Tactical Missile Weapons"), where the "Avangards" are developed and produced, did not comment on this information to TASS.
This regiment first went on combat duty with the Avangard complexes on December 27, 2019 as part of the regiment's protected command post and two silos. Thus, by the end of 2020, its combat strength will be four SHPU. According to open sources, until recently, five regiments of the Yasnensky compound had six silos in each.
on october 13, russian defense minister general of the army sergei shoigu at a conference call in the military department when discussing the results of the work of the military construction complex in 2020, said that "by the end of the year in the orenburg region, the infrastructure will be ready for putting on combat duty two more missiles of the avangard complex.
As has told in interview to the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" on the eve of the Day of the strategic missile forces, which is celebrated in the Armed forces of the Russian Federation on December 17 commander Sergei Karakayev, the creation of a rocket complex "Avangard" "ushered in an era of strategic hypersonic weapons".
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The first missile regiment, armed with a complex with hypersonic gliding cruise blocks, took up combat duty in the Yasnensky compound in the Orenburg Region at the end of 2019. The Avangard combat unit is capable of flying in dense layers of the atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of up to 27 M (about 32 thousand km / h), maneuvering along the course and altitude and overcoming any missile defense. The complex was first announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in March 2018.