Russia scrubbed Avangard hypersonic weapon test after 8-year gap

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BIG | 🇷🇺🚀‼️‼️ Russia was forced to scrub what appears to have been its first test of the Avangard hypersonic weapon system in nearly eight years, despite extensive preparations for the launch of one of Vladimir Putin’s most heavily promoted strategic weapons. The test was expected between September 3 and 5 from the Dombarovsky/Yasny area in Russia’s Orenburg region toward the Kura test range in Kamchatka. Russian authorities had issued aviation restrictions along the expected flight corridor