🇮🇳 India has successfully tested a domestically developed long-range hypersonic missile, it said on Sunday, attaining a key milestone in military development that puts it in a small group of nations like 🇷🇺 Russia, China, North Korea and Iran possessing the advanced technology.
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The global push for hypersonic weapons figures in the efforts of some countries, such as India, which is striving to develop advanced long-range missiles, along with Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and the United States.
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The Indian missile, developed by the state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation and industry partners, is designed to carry payloads for ranges exceeding 1,500 km (930 miles) for the armed forces, the government said in a statement.
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“The flight data … confirmed the successful terminal manoeuvres and impact with high degree of accuracy,” it added.
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The test-firing took place from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the eastern coast of Odisha state on Saturday, it said.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called the test a “historic achievement” in a post on social media, adding that it placed India among a select group of nations possessing such critical and advanced technologies.
