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Russia: Avangard hypersonic missile successfully tested

6000 km of descent at Mach 20

The Avangard hypersonic missile was tested yesterday in Russia, in a launch that also the President Vladimir Putin was able to observe the exercise from the control room of the ministry of Defense. A new test for the Avangard that can transport one (or more?) Nuclear warhead and able to glide as if it was a glider from a great altitude from where it descents at a speed of Mach 20 (20 times more fast...

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Moscow, Russia, 12/27/2018 10:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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