India successfully tests its first long-range hypersonic missile, MoD calls it a 'historic moment'

The hypersonic missile is designed to carry several payloads for ranges greater than 1500 km. It can be used by all the services of the Indian Armed Forces The flight trial of the long range hypersonic missile was conducted on Saturday night. X/ @Rajnath Singh India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully conducted a flight trial of a long-range hypersonic missile on Saturday. “India has achieved a major milestone by successfully conducting flight trial of a long-range hypersonic missile from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, off-the-coast of Odisha,” the Defence Minister wrote on X, formally known as Twitter. 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.