hello everyone welcome back to military gear the missile is previously known as object 4202 u-71 and u-74 is a russian hypersonic glide vehicle hgv that can be carried as mirv payload by the 100 uttkh our 36 m2 and rs 28 sarmat heavy icbm it can deliver both nuclear and conventional payloads it is one of the six new russian strategic weapons unveiled by russian president vladimir putin on march 1st 2018 the name of this missile is the avanguard regarding its speed the avanguard can reach speeds
up to mach 20 and can be used to deliver nuclear and conventional payloads it's designed to sit atop an icbm and once launched it uses aerodynamic forces to sail on top of the atmosphere and russia has successfully tested the missile at least twice avanguard is a strategically valuable weapons for two main reasons its maneuverability and its versatility president vladimir putin announced that the weapon is capable of performing sharp maneuvers on its way to targets making it absolutely invulnera
ble for any missile defense system it also boasts the ability to deploy countermeasures during flight allowing it to penetrate air and missile defenses virtually undetected as for its versatility avanguard can be fitted with both nuclear and conventional payloads depending on a situation moreover even without an explosive payload the precision and speed of the weapon is believed to have enough force to obliterate smaller targets such as vehicles or bases making it an invaluable weapon in the rus
sian arsenal what's more the blast yield of a nuclear warhead carried by the avanguard is reportedly more than two megatons tnt [Music] according to open source analysis by james avanguard is a pure glide vehicle without an independent propulsion system when approaching a target the glider supposedly is capable of sharp high-speed horizontal and vertical evasive maneuvers in flight which russian officials claim makes it invulnerable to any missile defense system [Music] that's all for today than
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