In this video grab provided by RU-RTR Russian television a computer simulation shows the Avangard hypersonic vehicle being released from booster rockets. Graphic: AP
Nothing matches our new hypersonic weapons and they will safeguard Russia for decades, President Vladimir Putin boasts
- The Kinzhal hypersonic missile has already been flown on 89 missions, while the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle enters service next year, Russia says
- Vladimir Putin again denied that Russia had broken a 1987 nuclear treaty, saying it had no need to do so
In this video grab provided by RU-RTR Russian television a computer simulation shows the Avangard hypersonic vehicle being released from booster rockets. Graphic: AP