The head of state said this in a conversation with the honorary general director, honorary general designer of NPO Mashinostroyenia Herbert Efremov on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.
The President noted that the implementation of the Avangard project is a huge event for the country.
“You not only stood at the origins of this technological idea, but you are its author.
In modern conditions for our country, the implementation of your idea is without any doubt comparable to the implementation of the Soviet Union's nuclear and missile projects, which were carried out by the outstanding Soviet scientists Kurchatov and Korolev.
Today it is the same for us - your job, ”Putin said.
On September 19, Vladimir Putin awarded Herbert Efremov with the Order for the development of the Avangard hypersonic unit.
The Russian leader also said that for the first time in modern history, Russia possesses the most advanced weapons, which are many times superior in characteristics to all existing weapons.