Avangard
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Vinony files it under Hypersonic aircraft, Military equipment introduced in the 2010s and Nuclear weapons of Russia.
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Key facts
- Type
- Hypersonic glide vehicle
- Place of origin
- Russia
- In service
- 2019–present
- Used by
- Strategic Rocket Forces
- Designer
- Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
- Manufacturer
- Votkinsk Machine Building Plant
- Produced
- 2018–present
- Mass
- ~2 tonnes (4,400 lb)
- Length
- 5.4 m
- Blast yield
- unknown
- Launch platform
- ICBM R-36M2, RS-28, UR-100
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- missile system
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Mass
- 2000
- Manufacturer
- Votkinsk Machine Building Plant
- Designed by
- Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
- Image
- Hypersonic rocket complex Avangard.jpg
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- Commons category
- Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle
- uses
- boost-glide
- first flight
- 2018-12-26
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Avangard (Russian: Авангард, "Vanguard"; previously known as Objekt 4202, Yu-71 and Yu-74) is a Russian hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV). It can be carried as a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) payload of heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), such as the UR-100UTTKh, R-36M2 and RS-28 Sarmat. It can deliver both nuclear and conventional payloads. The Avangard is reportedly capable of travelling at re-entry speeds of over Mach 27 and close to Mach 30.
The Avangard was one of six new Russian strategic weapons unveiled by Russian president Vladimir Putin on 1 March 2018.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Avangard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.