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Short Summary: Monitoring the development of India's missile program.

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Date Occurred: Nov 18, 2024
India hails ‘historic’ hypersonic missile test flight
Agence France-Presse . New Delhi 17 November, 2024, 22:21

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India's flight test of its long-range hypersonic missile. | X photo

Nuclear-armed India has tested its first hypersonic missile, the defence minister said on Sunday, publicising the super-fast high-tech weapon days after rival China showcased its latest military aviation powers.

Hypersonics are the new frontier in missile technology, because they fly lower and are harder to detect than ballistic missiles, can reach targets more quickly, and can be ordered to change target in mid-flight.

The United States, Russia, China and North Korea have all tested hypersonic missiles, and several others are developing the technology.

‘India has achieved a major milestone by successfully conducting flight trial of long range hypersonic missile,’ minister of defence Rajnath Singh said in a statement.

The test flight comes days after rival and neighbour China showcased its expanding aviation capabilities at an airshow, with the J-35A stealth fighter jet and attack drones displayed.

That, according to China’s state media, included the debut of the HQ-19 surface-to-air missile system, designed to intercept ballistic missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles.

India’s missile blasted off from Abdul Kalam Island off the east coast on Saturday.

Video images released by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation, showed a slender missile blasting into the night sky followed by a surge of flames.

‘This is a historic moment and this significant achievement has put our country in the group of select nations having capabilities of such critical and advanced military technologies,’ Singh added.

No further details were given about the missile.

New Delhi has deepened defence cooperation with Western countries in recent years, including in the Quad alliance with the United States, Japan and Australia.

India is also a major buyer of Russian military hardware, including Moscow’s S-400 missile defence system — despite the threat of US sanctions over the multi-billion dollar deal.​
 
India is by no means ahead of China in any sort of missile tech.

We are far ahead of China in all area except the range of ICBM which we have not declared beyond 5000 k.m. China is ahead in subsonic cruise missiles as their missile is operational while we are in testing phase. We are ahead of them in supersonic and hypersonic cruise (Conventional and scremjet powered). Our air defence is really top class. Our MRSAM is top in its class so as All blocks of Brahmos. Even our HGV is better than that of China in terms accuracy and speed. China's heavy lift rockets have a big failure rate while our GSLV has 100% Success rate.
 
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We are far ahead of China in all area except the range of ICBM which we have not declared beyond 5000 k.m. China is ahead in subsonic cruise missiles as their missile is operational while we are in testing phase. We are ahead of them in supersonic and hypersonic cruise (Conventional and scremjet powered). Our air defence is really top class. Our MRSAM is top in its class so as All blocks of Brahmos. Even our HGV is better than that of China in terms accuracy and speed. China's heavy lift rockets have a big failure rate while our GSLV has 100% Success rate.

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