Russia's intercontinental hypersonic weapon

Faster than a speeding bullet, Russia's new hypersonic intercontinental range missile is now part of their weapons inventory according to their defense minister Sergei Shoigu. The missile is now usable as of Friday and the United States doesn't have one that matches its performance . . . yet.

Vladimir Putin unveiled the Avangard along with other prospective weapons systems in his state-of-the-nation address in March 2018. He said that its ability to make sharp maneuvers on its way to a target will render missile defense useless.

The Russian dictator described the Avangard as a technological breakthrough and compared it to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite known as Sputnik.

Earlier this week, Putin emphasized that Russia is the only country armed with hypersonic weapons. He noted that for the first time in history Russia is now leading the world in developing an entire new class of weapons, unlike in the past when it was catching up with the United States.

The military said that the Avangard is capable of flying 27 times faster than the speed of sound. That is flat out fast at 20,716 mph!

Russian media reports say that the Avangard will first be mounted on Soviet-built RS-18B intercontinental ballistic missiles, code-named SS-19 by NATO. It is expected to be fitted to the prospective Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile after it becomes operational.

In November, the Defense Ministry said that it demonstrated the Avangard to U.S. inspectors as part of the New Start nuclear arms treaty and to show transparency with the U.S., which now is considering new strategies of defense to counter hypersonic weapons developed by Russia and China.

We are at a point in our history where it is crucial to continue defense funding as Trump has been doing. It would be foolish to follow the path that most on the left would have us follow as it would leave us vulnerable to those nations and make us a third-rate power.

U.S. officials have discussed putting a layer of sensors in space to more quickly detect enemy missiles, particularly the hypersonic weapons. The administration also plans to study the idea of basing interceptors in space, so the U.S. can strike incoming enemy missiles during the first minutes of flight when the booster engines are still burning.

So President Trump's creation of a Space Force isn't so crazy as the left would like you to believe.

The Pentagon also has been working on the development of hypersonic weapons in recent years, and Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in August that he believes “it’s probably a matter of a couple of years” before the U.S. has one. He has called it a priority as the military works to develop new long-range fire capabilities.

And while it should be obvious, the reelection of Trump is crucial to the continuation of this weaponry development because the far-left is naive to the threat.








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