As the Russian government claims that a new hypersonic boost glide vehicle called Avangard successfully completed a final pre-deployment flight test on Dec. 26, U.S. Defense Department officials are ...

Putin’s claims about the Avangard hypersonic missile are yet to be vetted. On Wednesday, December 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the Russian Defense Ministry had conducted the final ...

The country’s defence ministry said the new Avangard weapon was tested on Wednesday. It is one of an array of new nukes that Putin announced in March and that is at the centre of a potential new arms ...

Vladimir Putin has overseen the launch of Russia's new nuclear-capable missile system, comparing it to "a fireball". The Russian President watched from the Defence Ministry's control room as the ...