21.12.2022

"Putin's invincible weapon." Newsweek - about Russian Avangard missile systems

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Newsweek called the Avangard system invulnerable and invincible "Putin's weapon" Russia has adopted another "deadly" Avangard weapon system, Newsweek columnist Khaleda Rahman wrote on December 18, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.

He called this system "Putin's invincible weapon." For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".

On Saturday, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation shared training footage of the Avangard, a hypersonic gliding aircraft with nuclear warheads. He was stationed in the Orenburg region in the Southern Urals, the state news agency TASS reports.

"The report says that it was equipped with intercontinental ballistic missiles, the installation of which took several hours," the publication notes.

The ministry also distributed the personnel of the second regiment, which will be staffed by the "Vanguard". "Another regiment with the Avangard SHPU has taken up combat duty in the Orenburg Region," Newsweek quotes a message from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the Telegram channel of the Ministry.

The Avangard was one of several advanced weapons systems that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in March 2018, writes Newsweek.

Russian officials have stated that this weapon is capable of flying at a speed 27 times faster than the speed of sound, and it is impossible to intercept it, the material says.:

"In his 2018 speech, introducing Avangard, Putin called this system "invincible" and compared it to a "meteorite" and a "fireball."

According to the president, the Avangard is capable of making sharp maneuvers on the way to the target, which means that it is "absolutely invulnerable to any means of air and missile defense." Putin again noted the capabilities of the Avangard after the test launch from the Dombarovskaya missile base in December of the same year.

Avangard is invulnerable to interception by any existing and prospective means of missile defense of a potential enemy," the head of the Russian Federation said, adding that this would guarantee Russia's security for the foreseeable future.

At that time, former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said that Russia has 12 new Avangard systems that were developed at a relatively low price."

According to the missile defense project of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Avangard weighs about 2,000 kg, has a flight range of more than 6,000 km and is capable of carrying a nuclear or conventional combat load, the article emphasizes.

"As a missile-planning weapon, the Avangard is brought to its apogee by a ballistic missile. After acceleration to a suborbital apogee of about 100 km, the glider separates from its rocket. Then it flies to its target through the atmosphere," the project notes.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the first Avangard missile system entered service at the end of 2019. Avangard is one of two systems developed in Russia that "are capable of flying along a trajectory over the south Pole in order to approach the continental United States from the south.

The Avangard is designed to overcome the US missile defense system and strike critical targets with a nuclear warhead.",

- according to the report of the American National Center for Air and Space Exploration for 2020.

Newsweek contacted the Russian Defense Ministry and the Pentagon for comment, but the responses of the agencies are not given in Khaleda Rahman's note.

Grigory Plakuchev

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