On Wednesday, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that it had successfully tested a supersonic weapon that can travel at least 20 times the speed of sound. The glider, reportedly capable of carrying a ...

Putin’s claims about the Avangard hypersonic missile are yet to be vetted. On Wednesday, December 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the Russian Defense Ministry had conducted the final ...

Russia conducted a final test of a nuclear-capable glider that flies at 20 times the speed of sound, President Vladimir Putin said, adding that the weapon will be added to the country’s arsenal next ...

Key point: The U.S. withdrawal from the INF agreement has spurred fears that Washington and Moscow will revive the costly and dangerous Cold War nuclear arms race. Russia’s Avangard hypersonic ...