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World News See other World News Articles Title: Russia Re-Equips ICBM Division With Worlds Fastest Reentry Vehicles: Avangard Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Arsenal Grows The Russian Strategic Missile Forces have completed the re-equipment of an intercontinental range ballistic missile division with Avangard hypersonic glide vehicles, marking a further expansion of the arsenal of unique strategic nuclear delivery systems. Re-equipment of the division, which is located in the Orenburg region near the Russian-Kazakh border, was confirmed on December 18, 2024. The Avangard vehicle first entered service in December 2019 with the 13th Red Banner Rocket Division, after which the unit reached full strength in 2021. A second unit went on combat alert in mid-2022. The system first began development in the Soviet Union in the 1980s to respond to very large scale American investments in missile defence assets, with work on its development resuming in the mid-2000s in response to Washington’s withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The glide vehicle's scramjet engine design enables it to deliver nuclear strikes at speeds exceeding Mach 27 while retaining high manoeuvrability, which is thought to make it effectively impossible to intercept. Larger Russian ICBMs are estimated to be able to carry up to twelve of the vehicles, allowing each missile to engage twelve separate targets with a large thermonuclear warheads. Poster Comment: This is bigger with longer range and more speed than the Oreshnik. It is also in production. The US has similar things in test phase but by the time it is ready to be built, we will be paying $4 trillion a year in taxes to cover interest on the debt. The Avangard is up to Mach 27. The Oreshnik is Mach 11. It has 6 MIRVs with 6 submunitions each for a total of 36 impact points. It digs a big hole and flames everything nearby at 7,232 degrees F. Rumors are that Putin will be launching more soon. He is building 30 Oreshniks a month just in case NATO tries to invade Ukraine. No data on how many Avangards Russia is making. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 5.
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