Russia Deploys Mach 27 Avangard Maneuvering Hypersonic Missile NATO Can’t Stop

by New Rules [5-22-2026].

(RAD: I said from the beginning that Trump's "Golden Dome" defense was a joke that wouldn't be able to stop advnced incoming missiles & other devices. This is one of many examples illustrating the correctness of my observation. — RAD)

Russia's Avangard just made the NATO's trillion-dollar missile shields look like expensive theater. The world's only operational hypersonic glide vehicle rides the Sarmat ICBM into the upper atmosphere, separates, then glides at Mach 20-27 while actively maneuvering to dodge interception.

Avangard reaches up to Mach 27 while dynamically changing both course and altitude, making reliable interception nearly impossible.

The system evolved from Soviet Project Albatross, designed in the 1980s specifically to defeat Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative.

Avangard was revived after the US abandoned the 1972 ABM Treaty, teased by Putin in 2004, and entered full service and production in 2018.

It carries a powerful 800 kiloton to 2 megaton nuclear warhead with a range exceeding 6,000 km.

Meanwhile, America’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) only completed its first trials in 2024.

Has the hypersonic arms race already been decided in Russia’s favor?