Russia commissions intercontinental hypersonic weapon

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin that a new hypersonic weapon of intercontinental range became operational Friday following years of tests.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Putin that the first missile unit equipped with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle entered combat duty, the Defense Ministry said.

Putin unveiled the Avangard among other prospective weapons systems in his state-of-the-nation address in March 2018, noting that its ability to make sharp maneuvers on its way to a target will render missile defense useless.

The Russian leader described the Avangard's creation as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-commissions-intercontinental-hypersonic-weapon/ar-BBYotTN

[meow2u3]

1. I call bullshitski

Enuf said.

[Baclava]

2. "mounted on top of an intercontinental ballistic missile"

so, we shoot that ICBM down on launch phase, from our space based laser platforms!

Does Russia really want another arms race?

I think not

[Liberal In Texas]

3. We don't have those. But neither do the Ruskies.

Russia and the USSR have always pretended to have more advanced "wonderful" weapons than we did.

We, of course, buying into the propaganda had to spend lots of $ on R&D to counter the Russian bullshit. Every state in the union has a "defense" contractor.

That's part of their strategy is to make us weaker by squandering our resources on military crap that we don't need.

[Baclava]

4. But see, now we have the need to build space weapon platforms to counter this new threat!

Space Force! We take control of the high ground before the Chinese and Russians!

Star Wars II begins....as it was foretold, lol