"This is a great success and a big victory. This is a wonderful, excellent gift for the country for the New Year," Putin said.

"Russia was forced to develop the Avangard (hypersonic glider) after the US withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002," Putin explained, adding, "the Trump administration's plan to scrap a treaty on medium-range missiles could lead to a new arms race."

Putin had previously announced the hypersonic missile project back in March, when he first praised its abilities at the annual state of the nation speech to the Federal Assembly. At the time, he said the glider could travel at Mach 20. 

Besides that, not much information has been publicly released about the hypersonic glider, but Russia made it known Wednesday that the final test was completed and deployment was imminent for 2019.