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  India is rapidly advancing its hypersonic missile technology, joining the elite league of nations pursuing next-generation weaponry. With the Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) successfully tested, India is laying the foundation for a powerful defense system capable of reaching speeds over Mach 5 . But what does this mean for India's military capabilities, and what challenges lie ahead? What Are Hypersonic Missiles? Hypersonic missiles are advanced weapons that travel at speeds exceeding Mach 5 (over 6,000 km/h) , making them significantly faster than traditional cruise and ballistic missiles. They can be classified into: Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGVs) – Launched via rockets, then glide at hypersonic speeds. Hypersonic Cruise Missiles (HCMs) – Powered throughout flight using advanced scramjet engines. India’s Hypersonic Missile Program: Progress So Far India has made significant strides in hypersonic technology with the HSTDV project , developed by the Defenc...

Indian BMD system ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Sniperz11) Source- The Diplomat Author- Ankit Panda On Sunday, India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) tested an indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile: the Advanced Air Defense (AAD) missile. The AAD is part of the first phase of India’s Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) initiative, along with the Prithvi Air Defense (PAD) missile. The Prithvi provides exoatmosphermic defense while the AAD is optimized for endoatmospheric performance. According to Indian defense officials who spoke to the Press Trust of India, “The test was conducted to validate various parameters of the interceptor in flight mode.” Specifically, “The ‘kill’ effect of the interceptor was being ascertained by analysing data from multiple tracking sources,” according to a DRDO scientist. The test was conducted at a testing site on Abdul Kalam Island, which was formerly known as Wheeler Island. The AAD has been unde...

Agni-4 Missile  ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Government of India) Source- The Diplomat Author-  Benjamin David Baker As reported by the Hindu yesterday, India completed its fourth trial launch of the Agni-IV ICBM today. The trial was apparently successful; an Agni-IV was launched from a land-based mobile missile launcher on the Indian Army’s test site on Wheeler Island, cruised at an altitude of 600 km before splashing down in the Bay of Bengal after a 3,000 km flight. All radar stations, telemetry, and electro-optical systems along the east coast monitored the performance of the missile during the entire operation and, according to a Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) official, “Flight was successful and it met all the mission parameters.” According to DRDO, the Agni-IV missile is equipped with 5th generation onboard computer and distributed architecture. It has the latest features to correct and guide itself for in-flight...

Agni-5 launch from Cannister ( Video credits- DRDO)

Nirbhay Misile ( Image credits- DRDO) Source- The Times of India BALASORE (Odisha): India's indigenously developed nuclear capable sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay', which can strike targets more than 700 kms away, was today test-fired from a test range at Chandipur near here. "The missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher positioned at launch pad 3 of the Integrated Test Range at about 10.03 hours," said an official soon after the flight took off from the launch ground. "Flight details will be available after data retrieved from radars and telemetry points, monitoring the trajectories, are analysed," the official said. It is the second test of the sub-sonic long range cruise missile 'Nirbhay' from the ITR. The maiden flight, conducted on March 12, 2013 could not achieve all the desired parameters as "the flight had to be terminated mid-way when deviations were observed from its intended course," sources sa...

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