Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would launch its first hypersonic nuclear missile – The Economic Journal

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia would launch its first nuclear-capable hypersonic missile regiment in 2019, noting that this measure meant that its country now had a new type of missile.

Vladimir Putin spoke at a government meeting after overseeing what the Kremlin had called a pre-deployment test of the new missile system called " Avangard & # 39 ;. "This essay, which has just been completed, has been a complete success," said the Russian president.

"From 2019, the Russian army will receive the new intercontinental strategic system" Avangard . It is a great moment in the life of the armed forces and in the life of the country. Russia has obtained a new type of strategic weapon, "said Vladimir Putin.

Russia has declared that the new missile system, one of the new weapons announced by Vladimir Putin last March, is extremely manageable, which makes it easy to avoid missile defense systems.

Vladimir Putin observed this Wednesday's test in the building of the Russian Ministry of Defense in Moscow.The Kremlin described the test in a statement, noting that a "missile Avangard ", launched from an area of ​​southwestern Russia, had managed to strike and destroy a target in the Far East Russian ".