India test-fires its first long-range hypersonic missile
Hindustan TimesIndia on Sunday announced that the Defence Research and Development Organisation has successfully test-fired the country’s first long-range hypersonic missile off the Odisha coast, a step towards strengthening the military’s capabilities with a new weapon system. Flight trial of DRDO's long range hypersonic missile being successfully conducted at Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island, off-the-coast of Odisha. “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. In September 2020, India took the first steps towards developing a new class of ultra-modern weapons that can travel six times faster than the speed of sound and penetrate any missile defence, with DRDO carrying out a successful flight test of the hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle for the first time from the Odisha launch facility.