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DRDO successfully flight-tests India’s first long-range hypersonic missile​

18 Nov 2024​

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DRDO successfully flight-tests India’s first long-range hypersonic missile

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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flight-tested India’s first long-range hypersonic missile, which has a strike range of over 1,500 km
The flight test was carried out from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the Odisha coast on Saturday (16 November).
According to a DRDO release, the missile is designed to carry a range of payloads over distances exceeding 1,500 km for the armed forces.
The performance validation of the missile through various tracking systems deployed at different locations, including ships, confirmed that the missile functioned as planned.
Flight data obtained from down range ship stations confirmed that the missile successfully carried out terminal manoeuvres and final impact with high degree of accuracy.
The missile has been developed by DRDO labs at the APJ Abdul Kalam Missile complex, Hyderabad with support from various other DRDO labs and industry partners.
Senior scientists of DRDO and officers of the armed forces were present during the flight-test.
 

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Defence minister Rajnath Singh called the flight-test of the country’s first hypersonic missile a historic achievement. He congratulated DRDO, armed forces and the industry for the success of the indigenous hypersonic missile technology.

Hypersonic missile move at more than 5 times the speed of sound (Mach-5), which include Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGV) and Hypersonic Cruise Missiles (HCM).

HGVs are launched from a rocket before it starts a gliding path to reach the intended target while HCMs have air-breathing high-speed engines or ‘scramjets’ that help to hit the target.

The hypersonic missile tests comes days after DRDO successfully tested a sub-sonic 1,000-km Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM).
 

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India’s defense tapestry, woven with threads of indigenous innovation and a deep-rooted warrior spirit, has added another bold streak with the successful test of a hypersonic cruise missile.
This milestone does not just mark an engineering feat but solidifies India’s place in the exclusive club of hypersonic-capable nations.
Picture this: while ancient India’s arsenals boasted the formidable Brahmastra, today, we wield hypersonic cruise missiles—potent symbols of modern ‘Shastra’ that redefine battlefield dominance.
 

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However, the MoD’s description of the November 16, 2024 test being India’s first long range hypersonic missile test likely points to the fact that the payload this time was a delta winged body hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) rather than a standard kill vehicle. The HGV payload allows the missile to conduct the terminal manoeuvres as stated by MoD, compared to a quasi-ballistic trajectory. Based on open source information, the missile is likely 1.4 metres in diameter with a length of about 14 metres weighing less than 20 tons. A recent media report had stated that the missile would be capable of being launched from warships and shore batteries. The test had an area warning with a length of about 1,700 km.

The press release also makes it clear that it is not just an AShM for the Navy but a missile for all three services with various payload options. Multiple media reports have stated that conventionally armed ballistic missiles with a range of about 1,500 km are being considered by the armed forces, with a report stating that this missile would have an anti-ship variant. This article refers to the missile as LRAShM given the absence of any other known nomenclature for the missile family.
 
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