India test-fires its maiden long-range hypersonic missile that can carry ‘various payloads’
New Delhi: In a major achievement, India has test-fired its maiden long-range hypersonic missile, with speed of ballistic missiles but the manoeuvring capabilities of cruise missiles, bringing it into a league of select nations that have this capability.
The missile that was test-fired from the Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam Island, off-the-coast of Odisha, has a range of over 1,500 km and is capable of carrying “various payloads”, sources in the defence establishment said. It will travel at six times the speed of sound.
In a post on X Sunday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the test is a “historic moment and this significant achievement has put our country in the group of select nations having capabilities of such critical and advanced military technologies”.
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