Russia has successfully tested a hypersonic missile system that will enter service next year, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
“Starting from next year, in 2019, a new intercontinental strategic system Avangard will enter service in the Russian army and the first regiment in the strategic missile troops will be deployed,” Putin told members of the Russian government, according to news agency TASS.
“On my instructions the industrial enterprises and the defense ministry have prepared for and carried out the final test of this system,” Putin said. “The test was completely successful: all technical parameters were verified,” he added.
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Source: European Voice
