New Russian weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound

AP ^ | 11/27/2019 2 hours ago | By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

[PeterPrinciple]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avangard_(hypersonic_glide_vehicle)

On 27 December 2019, the first missile regiment armed with the Avangard HGV officially entered combat duty.[1]

[Blueflag]

Heh. That’s well over 9000 meters per second ...

Roughly 6 miles a second in round numbers.

Hope ya got it pointed where ya want it to hit.

[D Rider]

First strike weapon.

[rexthecat]

Can our carriers defend against it?

[Red Badger]

The Avangard is launched atop an intercontinental ballistic missile, but unlike a regular missile warhead that follows a predictable path after separation it can make sharp maneuvers in the atmosphere en route to target, making it much harder to intercept.

[Bob434]

[[New Russian weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound]]

Yeah but they keep losing it because noone saw where it went

[PeterPrinciple]

https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/avangard/

Russia had initially planned to mount the Avangard on the road-mobile RS-26 “Rubezh” (SS-X-31) but chose to use the silo-based R-28 “Sarmat” after the Rubezh was delayed due to financial constraints.10

claimed the HGV can maintain atmospheric speeds of up to Mach 20 (6.28 km/s) and can maneuver.12 T

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what would be the mechanism of maneuvering at that speed?

[Red Badger]

At that speed?.................no...............

[pingman]

Yet somehow, it can turn on a dime!

[Red Badger]

Flaps....................

[Red Badger]

Ruble................

[Blueflag]

In a way it’s an ‘easy’ target for an anti missile defense because its trajectory is quite fixed at 27X the speed of sound, and its thermal signature makes it easy to find/ hard to mask. While the math of an intercept is extraordinary, it ain’t impossible.

[Blueflag]

Nope. Read up on the turn radius of even the SR-71/ YF12A interceptor variant.

Sharp turn at that speed induces HUGE G forces.

Its hype.

[Pontiac]

The Avangard is launched atop an intercontinental ballistic missile,

Still vulnerable in the launch phase.

[chris37]

Oh yeah?

Well just what is Russia’s policy on transgender soldiers?

[Hugh the Scot]

No, these idiots insist that it will make sharp manoeuvres in the atmosphere.

Ha. Ha.

[Red Badger]

Nobody on board, so it’s just mechanical stress................

[I want the USA back]

20,000 miles per hour? Peak speed or cruising speed?

[aquila48]

“In a way it’s an ‘easy’ target for an anti missile defense because its trajectory is quite fixed at 27X the speed of sound,”

No, it specifically says that the trajectory is NOT fixed. It can maneuver during flight.