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slashcom
So Russia ays they were forced to develop it after Trump withdrew from the nuclear treaty. 2 months is some impressive R&D time, huh?
badrabbit
> "Putin says Russia was forced to develop the Avangard after the U.S. withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002,"

2002 - 16 yrs

kuhhk
Is it odd that the control room is completely empty except the leadership?
slededit
That is the "control room" for the entire country when in conflict, not for the missile itself. Thankfully they aren't in a direct war where it needs to be filled.
exabrial
767mph is not 20x the speed of sound anywhere in earth's atmosphere
pknomad
I think the author meant speed of sound, not the missile, is 767 mph.
zunzun
A 3,000 mile long trail of diffuse atmospheric radioactive contamination produced by the white-hot nuclear powered solid-state scramjet engine, followed by a crash of the spent nuclear fuel into Kamchatka. The crash site will have to be off-limits for millennia, increasingly leaching into the groundwater there with every rain storm and blowing about every dry season.
londons_explore
I think it's conventionally fuelled, just can carry a nuclear warhead.