“On a holiday for everyone who creates weapons for Russia, today I signed a decree on awarding you with the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called with swords.
You are fully deserving of this, in fact, a military award, "Putin said in a conversation with Efremov, who was broadcast on the Russia 24 TV channel.
According to the head of state, the Avangard system with a maneuvering hypersonic unit moving at a speed 27 times higher than the speed of sound, changing direction in height and horizontally, "occupies a special place."
Avangard is not just a system.
This is a new type of strategic weapon, ”the President stressed.
As Vladimir Putin said on September 19, for the first time in modern history, Russia possesses the most advanced weapons, which are many times superior in characteristics to all existing weapons.
For the first time, it became known about the development of the Avangard complex from the President's message to the Federal Assembly on March 1, 2018.
The head of state noted that this winged unit moves towards the target, "like a meteorite, a fireball," and carries out deep maneuvering, which makes it absolutely invulnerable to any air and missile defense means.