Russia claims its new hypersonic weapon is ready for war – CNBC

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It was one of the 6 brand-new weapons that Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled in March 2018. The air-to-ground hypersonic missile called “Kinzhal,” which suggests “dagger” in Russian, has been checked at least 3 times. A display screen of a flight of the warhead of the Avangard hypersonic boost-glide weapon. Avangard, which Moscow has been establishing for three years, is created to sit atop a global ballistic rocket. As it stands, the U.S. does not have a defense versus hypersonic weapons such as Avangard.

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