MOSCOW, Dec 21 - RIA Novosti. The first regiment of Avangard missile systems with hypersonic gliding cruise blocks has been completely re-equipped in the Russian Federation, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday at the final board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"The Strategic Missile Forces have completed the rearmament of the first missile regiment to the Avangard missile system with intercontinental ballistic missiles equipped with hypersonic gliding cruise blocks," the minister said.
He added that "the first launchers of the Yars missile system have been put on combat duty in two more missile regiments of the Strategic Missile Forces.
