India India successfully tests first long-range hypersonic missile

[Nilgiri]

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India successfully tests first long-range hypersonic missile, joins select club

The long-range hypersonic missile is designed to carry various payloads for ranges greater than 1500km for the armed forces.

www.indiatoday.in

ndia has successfully conducted a flight trial of a long-range hypersonic missile, marking a significant boost to the country's military readiness, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. This missile is designed to carry various payloads for ranges greater than 1500km for the armed forces.

With this achievement, India has joined a select group of nations possessing such critical and advanced military technology, the minister added.

"India has achieved a major milestone by successfully conducting flight trial of long range hypersonic missile from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, off-the-coast of Odisha. This 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," Rajnath Singh tweeted.

The missile was tracked by various range systems deployed across multiple domains. Flight data obtained from down-range ship stations confirmed the successful terminal manoeuvres and impact with a high degree of accuracy, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which conducted the trials on Saturday night, announced.

This missile has been indigenously developed by the laboratories of the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex in Hyderabad, in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories and industry partners. The flight trial was conducted in the presence of senior DRDO scientists and members of the Armed Forces.

The Defence Minister, Defence Secretary, and DRDO Chairman congratulated the team on the successful trial.

 

[Jammer]

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[Gessler]

This, seen together with SMART is an undeniable indication that we're going for a grand A2/AD strategy based out of the Andaman islands against PLAN.

Also, it seems the upper stage (the missile itself, sans the large booster) ought to be able for VLS-launching out of the BrahMos UVLM on existing ships. It'll have a shorter range in that config (probably ~500km) but would offer a faster way to take out moving (or even stationary) targets compared to the Mach 3 BrahMos.

Still waiting for the Scramjet-powered HCM (developed out of HSTDV tech demo project) though - that would truly turn things on their head in the IOR.

 

[Afif]