India's successful test of hypersonic missile puts it among elite groupListen to this articleNEW DELHI - India has successfully tested a domestically developed long-range hypersonic missile, it said on Sunday, attaining a key milestone in military development that puts it in a small group of nations possessing the advanced technology. The global push for hypersonic weapons figures in the efforts of some countries, such as India, which is striving to develop advanced long-range missiles, along with China, Russia and the United States. "The flight data ... confirmed the successful terminal manoeuvres and impact with high degree of accuracy," it added. The test-firing took place from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the eastern coast of Odisha state on Saturday, it said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called the test a "historic achievement" in a post on X, adding that it placed India among a select group of nations possessing such critical and advanced technologies

Source: Bangkok Post November 17, 2024 13:48 UTC