India to soon get its own Hypersonic Missiles? ISRO successfully completes hypersonic vehicle test run, meets all targets
It should be noted that this test comes at a time when India is developing the Hydersonic Missile with the help of Russia.
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New Delhi, December 10: Taking a giant leap in Hypersonic technology, the Indian Space Research Organisation on Friday (December 09) successfully conducted a joint hypersonic vehicle trial along with the Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS).
The space organisation gave information about the trials via social media handles. As per the given info, the joint hypersonic vehicle trial matched the predetermined targets.
The space agency tweeted, "ISRO and JSIIC have jointly conducted hypersonic vehicle trials. The trials achieved all required parameters and demonstrated hypersonic vehicle capability."
What is Hypersonic Vehicle?
A hypersonic vehicle can be an aeroplane, missile, or spacecraft that has the ability to travel five times faster than the speed of sound, or greater than Mach 5. It is regarded as cutting-edge technology, and countries like China, India, Russia, and the United States have been trying to further enhance the ability of their hypersonic weapons.
It should be noted that this test comes at a time when India is developing the Hydersonic Missile with the help of Russia and these trials will surely boost the program. As per reports, the Indian indigenous missile will have the ability to fire nuclear weapons along with conventional weapons.
Russia used a hypersonic missile for the first time in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine.
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