Avangard belongs to the HGV (Hypersonic Glide Vehicle) class of weapons. This means that it is launched aboard an intercontinental ballistic missile, like the UR-100NUTTH, R-36M2, or RS-28 Sarmat.

Then-Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov announced in March 2018 that a contract had been signed on the serial production of Avangard hypersonic missile systems. Commander of Russia’s Strategic ...

MOSCOW, July 19. /TASS/. Russia’s Strategic Missile Force is preparing a position area for accepting the Avangard hypersonic missile system for service as part of the efforts to strengthen the ...

The Russian Strategic Missile Force will receive the first two ICBMs fitted with the Avangard warhead in late November or early December. Beijing conducted yet another test of a new high-tech ...

Wednesday's test involved launching an Avangard missile from the Dombarovskiy missile base in the southern Ural Mountains to hit a practice target on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of ...

The missile system, which has been named Avangard, combines a powerful ballistic missile with what is called a “hypersonic glider.” Russia claims the system is capable of speeds exceeding Mach ...

The range of this missile is between 500 km and 5000 ... As of December 2023, Russia also deployed the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), operated by the country’s Strategic Rocket Forces.

The Sarmat missile is also capable of carrying up to 24 of Russia's new Avangard hypersonic glide vehicles, designed to sit atop of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The development comes ...

The Avangard plant is located there, involved in the production of solid-fuel missiles: both ballistics and for air defense systems. Avangard is part of one of Russia's largest missile-making holdings ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: A newly released video shows Russia’s Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) being deployed for combat duty. Earlier this week, Russia’s Defense Ministry ...

THE CITY OF SAFONOVO, SMOLENSK REGION, ON THE MAP (PHOTO: SCREEN GOOGLE.COM/MAPS/PLACE) Additionally, the Telegram channel Exilenova+ speculated that the target could have been the Avangard JSC, a ...