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> an actual maneuvering hypersonic missile - which is something that all major players are working on - is indeed a major threat

I've heard Avangard lacks propulsive glide. That means it's ballistic in space, and only maneuverable (at the expense of range and speed) at the terminal phase. This is solvable because it's old tech–basically MIRVs.



Close to MARVs, but with presumably greater maneuvering capacity (the “glide” description suggests this) which necessarily trades speed to exploit.




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