外媒：俄罗斯神秘武器2020年或上阵 美国难招架

Russia’s hypersonic glide vehicle weapon that can strike anywhere in the world within minutes will be ready by 2020. That’s according to anonymous sources who claim they have access to US intelligence about the vehicle, dubbed Avangard.

俄罗斯的最新武器，高超音速滑翔式飞行器可以在几分钟内击中世界任何地方，到2020年将准备就绪。据匿名消息来源称，这种高超音速飞行器名为Avangard。

Avangard, which the US is currently unable to defend against, can allegedly travel at 20 times the speed of sound. Russia successfully tested Avangard twice in 2016, the sources claim. A third test in October 2017 failed when the platform crashed seconds before hitting its target, they said. But Moscow, which has been developing the weapon for three decades, remains on track to get ready for war in the next two years.

据悉，美国目前可能无法防御的Avangard飞行器，可以20倍的速度行进。俄罗斯在2016年已经两次成功测试了Avangard。但在2017年10月的第3次测试却以失败告终，飞行器到达目标之前几秒钟坠毁。但是，三十年来一直在发展这种武器的莫斯科仍然准备在未来两年进行测试，为未来战争做好准备。

The news comes just months after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed his expanding hypersonic arsenal was ’invincible.’ The Avangard glide vehicle is designed to sit atop of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Once launched, it uses aerodynamics to sail on top of the atmosphere.

这则消息是在俄罗斯总统普京宣称他的超音速武器“不可战胜”数月之后出现。这种高超音速飞行器Avangard，被设计为可以设置在洲际弹道导弹顶部。一旦启动，它就会借助空气动力在大气层上航行。

It is capable of making sharp twists and turns on its way to targets, making it ‘absolutely invulnerable to any missile defence system’. Speaking to CNBC, the sources claim one intelligence report noted that during tests Avangard glide vehicles were mounted to Russian-made SS-19 intercontinental ballistic missiles.

它可以在目标上形成急转弯，因此它“对任何导弹防御系统绝对无懈可击”。消息人士向CNBC透露，一份情报报告指出，在测试期间，Avangard飞行器被安装在俄制SS-19洲际弹道导弹上。