TASS:
MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. Russia’s most advanced Avangard hypersonic strategic missile system is expected to come into service no later than 2019, a source in the Russian defense sector told TASS on Thursday.
“After the first series of glide vehicles is produced and a controlling launch of a missile with this armament is carried out successfully, the Avangard complex may be accepted for service already in late 2018. At the latest, it will be accepted for operation and placed on high alert in 2019,” he said.
As the source added, with the activation of the Avangard hypersonic complex, the number of missile divisions within Russia’s Strategic Missile Force won’t increase: the most advanced system will enter service with the existing missile formations.
