India successfully test fires long-range hypersonic missile, joins select club
Hindustan TimesThis hypersonic missile can reportedly carry various payloads for ranges over 1500km for all the Services of the Indian Armed Forces. The Defence Research and Development Organisation on Saturday conducted a successful flight test of long range hypersonic missile from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast in what was termed as a ‘major milestone’ by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Rajnath Singh called he successful flight test of the long range hypersonic missile a historic moment which put India in the group of select nations having capabilities of such critical and advanced military technologies. “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. During this test, all sub-systems performed as per expectation and met the primary mission objectives, a PIB release said, adding that the missile performance was monitored by several range sensors like Radar, Electro Optical Tracking System and telemetry deployed by ITR at different locations to ensure complete coverage of the flight path.