MOSCOW – Hypersonic nuclear capable missile regiment deployed by Militaryin Russia.
Russia deployed its first regiment of hypersonic nuclear-capable missileson Friday, the Defence Ministry said, a move which President Vladimir Putinhas boasted puts his country in a class of its own.
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has informed Putin of the deployment,according to a ministry statement that did not disclose where the missileswere located.
The new system, called Avangard, comprises a hypersonic glide vehicledesigned to sit atop an intercontinental ballistic missile, one of severalnew types of weapons Putin has touted as ahead of their time.
Putin has said Russia’s new generation of nuclear weapons can hit almostany point in the world and evade a U.S.-built missile shield. Some Westernexperts have questioned how advanced some of the weapons programmes are.
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The Pentagon said in a statement that it “will not characterize the Russianclaims” about the Avangard’s capabilities.
The United States has been developing hypersonic weapons since the early2000s, according to a Congressional Research Service report published inJuly.
