India joins elite group of nations; DRDO conducts flight-trial of indigenous hyper sonic missile.

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***Missile capable of carrying payloads for ranges over 1500km for armed forces: MoD

RAJOURI/DELHI NOV 17:-With the successful flight-trial of a long-range hypersonic missile by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), capable of carrying various payloads over distances exceeding 1500 km, India has joined the elite group of nations (US, Russia, & China) possessing advanced military capabilities.
DRDO conducted the successful flight-trial of India’s first long-range hypersonic missile from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha in the late evening hours on Sunday (October 16).
In a post on X, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in a post on social media platform X described the flight-trial as a historic achievement which has put India in the group of select nations having capabilities of such critical and advanced military technologies.
He congratulated DRDO, Armed Forces and the Industry for the successful flight trial.
This hypersonic missile is designed to carry various payloads for ranges greater than 1,500 kms for the Armed Forces.
The missile was tracked by various range systems, deployed in multiple domains.
The Ministry of Defence said the flight data obtained from down range ship stations confirmed the successful terminal manoeuvres and impact with high degree of accuracy.
“This missile has been indigenously developed by the laboratories of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile complex, Hyderabad along with various other DRDO laboratories and Industry Partners,” said MoD.
The flight-trial was carried out in the presence of senior scientists of DRDO and officers of the Armed Forces.
India has achieved a major milestone by successfully conducting a flight-trial of a long-range hypersonic missile from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, off-the-coast of Odisha.
This is a historic moment, and this significant achievement has put our country in the group of select nations.
Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO, Dr Samir V Kamat congratulated the team of DRDO which has actively contributed to this successful mission.