{"id":88849,"date":"2019-12-30T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T08:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=88849"},"modified":"2019-12-30T08:47:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T08:47:06","slug":"russia-inducts-first-avangard-hypersonic-missiles-into-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/russia-inducts-first-avangard-hypersonic-missiles-into-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia inducts first Avangard hypersonic missiles into service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Question: On 27 December 2019,Russia has inducted which hypersonic missiles into service?<\/strong>\n<br>(a)\tAvangard\n<br>(b)\tKinzhal\n<br>(c)\tRS-26 Rubezh\n<br>(d)\tRS-28 Sarmat\n<strong><br>Answer: (a)\n<br>Related facts:<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul><li>On 27 December 2019,Russia inducted first\nAvangard hypersonic missiles into service.<\/li><li>Avangard is also known as &nbsp;Objekt 4202, Yu-71, and Yu-74. It is a Russian\nhypersonic glide vehicle that can be carried as a MIRV payload by the\nUR-100UTTKh, R-36M2 and RS-28 Sarmat heavy Inter Continental Ballistic\nMissiles.<\/li><li>The Avangard has a range of over 6,000 km,\nweighs approximately 2,000 kg, and can deliver&nbsp;both nuclear and conventional payloads.<\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<li>This intercontinental hypersonic weapon can fly\n27 times the speed of sound and is capable of sharp manoeuvres in the\natmosphere en route to target making it much harder to intercept.<\/li><li>The Avangard can carry a nuclear weapon of up to\n2 megatons.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Avangard is designed using new composite\nmaterials to withstand temperatures of up to 2,000 Celsius resulting from a\nflight through the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MIRV:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A\u00a0multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle\u00a0(MIRV) is a\u00a0missile\u00a0payload containing several\u00a0warheads, each capable of being aimed to hit a different target.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hypersonic Cruise Missiles:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>HypersonicCruise Missiles travel at a speed of\nmore than 5 Mach.Many countries are working to develop Hypersonic Cruise\nMissiles.<\/li><li>BrahMos Aerospace is also in the process of\ndeveloping a hypersonic cruise missile,<strong>BRAHMOS II<\/strong>,which wouldfly at a\nspeed greater than 5 Mach.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsonair.nic.in\/News?title=Russia-inducts-first-Avangard-hypersonic-missiles-into-service&amp;id=376728\">http:\/\/www.newsonair.nic.in\/News?title=Russia-inducts-first-Avangard-hypersonic-missiles-into-service&amp;id=376728<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-missile-threat\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"B8tKyTC6VY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missilethreat.csis.org\/missile\/avangard\/\">Avangard<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Avangard&#8221; &#8212; Missile Threat\" src=\"https:\/\/missilethreat.csis.org\/missile\/avangard\/embed\/#?secret=JhaOcvMiEW#?secret=B8tKyTC6VY\" data-secret=\"B8tKyTC6VY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brahmos.com\/content.php?id=10&amp;sid=9\">http:\/\/www.brahmos.com\/content.php?id=10&amp;sid=9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: On 27 December 2019,Russia has inducted which hypersonic missiles into service? (a) Avangard (b) Kinzhal (c) RS-26 Rubezh (d) RS-28 Sarmat Answer: (a) Related facts: On 27 December 2019,Russia inducted first Avangard hypersonic missiles into service. Avangard is also known as &nbsp;Objekt 4202, Yu-71, and Yu-74. It is a Russian hypersonic glide vehicle that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1131],"tags":[498],"class_list":["post-88849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dssn","tag-current-affairs-science-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}