VietPress USA (Dec. 26, 2018): Today Russian President
Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would
deploy its first regiment of hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles next year and
threatens that they could hit almost any point in the world and evade any
U.S.-built missile shield.
Putin
was speaking after overseeing what the Kremlin said was a pre-deployment test
of the new missile system, called Avangard with a speed more than six times the
sound speed and twice as fast as Navy missiles designed to shoot it down.
Putin told a government meeting that "This
test, which has just finished, ended with complete success." and added:
"From next year, 2019, Russia's armed forces will get the new
intercontinental strategic system Avangard ... It's a big moment in the life of
the armed forces and in the life of the country. Russia has obtained a new type
of strategic weapon."
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Putin says Russia is ready to deploy new hypersonic nuclear missile
"This test, which has just finished, ended with complete success," Putin told a government meeting.
"From next year, 2019, Russia's armed forces will get the new intercontinental strategic system Avangard ... It's a big moment in the life of the armed forces and in the life of the country. Russia has obtained a new type of strategic weapon."
Russia has said the new missile system, one of several new weapons Putin announced in March, is highly maneuverable, allowing it to easily evade missile defense systems.
Putin remotely observed Wednesday's test from a Russian defense ministry building in Moscow. The Kremlin described the test in a statement, saying that an Avangard missile, launched from a location in south-west Russia, had successfully hit and destroyed a target in the Russian Far East.
Putin announced an array of new weapons in March, including the Avangard, in one of his most bellicose speeches in years, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and evade a U.S.-built missile shield.
(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova and Polina Nikolskaya; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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