Putin's men get Avangard hypersonic missiles with blinding speed of 6.8 km/sec

Russia is re-arming missile troops with the cutting-edge Avangard missile system. The Avangard is a nuclear-capable, hypersonic boost-glide vehicle developed by Russia. The boost-glide vehicle is capable of flying at over 20 times the speed of sound. Maneuverability makes Avangard trajectory unpredictable, complicating intercept attempts. The Avangard missile has a range of over 6,000 KM and weighs approximately 2,000 KG. Hypersonic weapons travel 5 times faster than the speed of sound (beyond Mach 5). Conventional weapons have predictable paths; Hypersonics maneuver more in flight. Hypersonics rob adversaries of reaction time and traditional defeat mechanisms.