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MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. First Avangard hypersonic missile systems will enter combat duty in 2019 at the Dombarovsky missile division based in the Orenburg Region in the south Urals, Strategic Missile Force Commander Colonel-General Sergei Karakayev said in an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.
"First complexes are planned to be put on combat duty at the missile regiment of the Dombarosky division starting next year," Karakayev said.
The Avangard is a strategic intercontinental ballistic missile system equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle. According to open sources, the ‘breakthrough’ weapon was developed by the Research and Production Association of Machine-Building (the town of Reutov, the Moscow Region) and was tested from 2004. The glide vehicle is capable of flying at hypersonic speed in the dense layers of the atmosphere, maneuvering by its flight path and its altitude and breaching any anti-missile defense.
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Amid rapidly escalating tensions between Russia and NATO, the first of Russia’s new generation of military radio stations has been activated in the western Russian Republic of Mordovia.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense , “A new-generation over-the-horizon radar, “Container,” has been deployed in Mordovia on December 1. This radar can chart the flight path of any aircraft target at a distance of about 3,000 km, and can simultaneously track over 5,000 airborne objects of different types, including small [aircraft].”...
General-Lieutenant Andrei Demin accurately calls Container “the first of its kind in the country,”...
In addition to all types of aircraft, Container can detect hypersonic missiles at the same range of 3,000 km. “This station’s capabilities enable tracking of airborne targets far beyond Russian borders,” says Demin. “The station will allow the Russian armed forces and Russian high command receiving information about these targets to uncover potential mass-cruise missile launches, massed aircraft formations, and hypersonic missile launches in Russia’s direction.”....
On the heels of considerable Russian gains in establishing their GLONASS satellite navigation system, Container marks another milestone in the Kremlin’s strategy to consolidate its radar tracking and communication infrastructure in what it deems as strategically vital zones....
See : nationalinterest.org...
The US is currently unable to repel an attack from the hypersonic weapons that are being developed by Russia and China, as they can pierce most missile defense systems, a recent US government report has revealed.
“China and Russia are pursuing hypersonic weapons because their speed, altitude, and maneuverability may defeat most missile defense systems, and they may be used to improve long-range conventional and nuclear strike capabilities,” the report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reads.
The report also highlights the challenges to American security posed by Chinese and Russian anti-satellite weapons and stealth aircraft that “could fly faster, carry advanced weapons, and achieve further distances.” The rapid development of the cutting-edge technology “could force US aircraft to operate at farther distances and put more US targets at risk,” the report notes.
Speaking at a Valdai Club session in October, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia surpassed its rivals in terms of hypersonic weapons, calling Russia’s prevalence in the field “an obvious fact.”...
“Nobody has precise hypersonic weapons. Some plan to test theirs in 18 to 24 months. We have them in service already,” Putin said...
While the Avangard is about to enter military service, the Kinzhal has already been deployed with the force.
Faced with the unmatched hypersonic capabilities, the Pentagon has launched about a dozen programs to protect the US from hypersonic weapons. A project named ‘Glide Breaker’ to develop an interceptor capable of neutralizing incoming hypersonic gliders has been in the works with The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
See : RT.com
originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: mirageman
Oh, didn’t you here [hear]? mm, the latest UFO theory. Or should I say screwball theory.
The cold war is FAKE and the US and Russia are actually building all these WMDs because they are in cahoots to massively arm themselves to fight the aliens!
Aha…is that the real disclosure?
China Tests New Terahertz Radiation Radar That Could Detect Stealth Jets
The China North Industries Group Corporation has tested a radar in recent weeks that generates terahertz radiation in order to better track the presence of stealth aircraft, the South China Morning Post reports.
The device has the potential to be a “game changer” for the People’s Liberation Army, scientists told the Hong-Kong based news outlet, since the radar might be able to spot the US’ F-22 Raptors and beleaguered F-35 Joint Strike Fighters...
See : Sputnik News
The fact that such a radar isn't anywhere near becoming operational is probably not important here before anyone decides to start pointing it out...
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