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Topic: hypersonic missile

DRDO makes hypersonic leap towards Mach 6-plus cruise missiles with 1,000-second scramjet engine test

Scramjets are air-breathing engines capable of sustaining combustion at supersonic speeds without using moving parts. DRDO had in January conducted 120-second scramjet combustor test.

Boost for India as DRDO successfully conducts scramjet engine ground test for hypersonic missiles

Defence ministry in a statement said that the successful ground test marks a crucial milestone in developing next-generation hypersonic missions.

India test-fires its maiden long-range hypersonic missile that can carry ‘various payloads’ 

What makes the supersonic weapon deadly is its manoeuvrability & unpredictability. It can change course even mid-way, thus making its interception and early detection difficult.

Iran used hypersonic Fattah & ballistic Shahab-3 missiles to target Israel. What these are capable of

Tehran has fired at least 180 missiles at Israel in response to latter’s strikes in Lebanon against Hezbollah. Israel has vowed retaliation, complicating security situation in West Asia.

‘Impossible to defend against’ — what is Zircon hypersonic missile that Putin says Russia used in battle

Russia claims missile can reach eight times the speed of sound. If true, it would be the ‘fastest missile in the world’, could evade the advanced US Patriot air defence system.

Here’s why a leading Russian hypersonic missile developer was arrested for treason 

The 55-year-old Alexander Shiplyuk, the director of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, was arrested by the FSB.

Russia launching hypersonic missiles heralds a new era of warfare—high speed, more lethal

As the global weapons race heats up, hypersonic technology is going to become a reality sooner than later in India too.

Russia may be firing hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, but there’s some hot air in the hype

Hypersonic missiles are all the buzz in defence technology, and India is developing them too, but is the bombastic rhetoric around their ‘invincibility’ justified?

India successfully test-fires air version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

The 'copybook flight' from supersonic fighter aircraft Sukhoi 30 MK-I Wednesday off the Odisha coast followed the pre-planned trajectory & met all objectives, according to DRDO.

If US sees China’s hypersonic missile test as Sputnik moment, it must help allies, friends

The general understanding is that hypersonic missiles will beat and undermine the ballistic missile defence systems, a serious international security concern.

On Camera

Why Modi’s supporters fear ‘proud Hindu’ MK Gandhi and venerate his murderer Godse

Every Gandhi Jayanti, we witness a contradiction in Hindutva position — PM Modi hails ‘beloved Bapu’ while his supporters attack and abuse him.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.