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Abroad, eyes are still focused on this dangerous game between Ukraine and Russia. At the same time, Vladimir Putin is trying to maintain his inner power and the arms race is part of this path he has been charting for 22 years, with a novelty: hypersonic weapons. Decryption in augmented reality.
The Russians currently have at least two types of hypersonic weapons. The first is intended to carry a nuclear charge, to strike any target on the planet. “Avangard” is its name, looks like a ballistic missile, classic, 27 meters long. But in his headdress is a glider, a kind of drone five meters long. Launched by the missile, this glider, made of composite materials, could fly up to 27,000 km/h in the upper layers of the atmosphere, protected from the air heated to 2,000 degrees by its heat shield.
A nuclear charge equivalent to 130 times that of the Hiroshima bomb
Where a classic missile rises in space and follows a bell-shaped trajectory, predictable for the enemy defense, “Avangard” remains at a lower altitude. It can change course, its point of impact is unpredictable. The missile can carry a nuclear charge equivalent to 130 times that of the Hiroshima bomb. The Russians have also developed shorter-range hypersonic missiles, such as the “Zircon”, designed to sink aircraft carriers or destroy targets within 1,000 kilometers. Russia is sending a very clear signal to the world: a new arms race has begun.
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