Hyderabad: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Hypersonic Wind Tunnel developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Hyderabad. This Hypersonic Wind Tunnel technology will be crucial for testing the hypersonic aircraft, missiles and engines. India becomes the third country in the world, after the United States and Russia, to indigenously develop this […]
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Canberra/Washington: – Australia has indicated to strengthen its military cooperation with the United States, against the background of the increasing Chinese domination activities and threats. Australia will be developing Hypersonic Cruise Missiles, in collaboration with the United States and the Australian Defence Minister asserted that this project has a game-changing capability. The US Department of […]
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Moscow: The Russian defence forces were revealed to have tested the advanced hypersonic nuclear missile ‘Kinzhal’ in the Arctic region. The Russian media released the information quoting sources in the Russian defence forces and said that the Mig-31K Interceptor fighter jet was used for the tests. The nuclear weapon is capable of reaching speeds up to Mach […]
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Moscow: Russian Avangard hypersonic nuclear missile, which is capable of speeds up to Mach 27, is ready for deployment. The Russian Defence Ministry announced that the Avangard missile system was capable of hitting any city of the world in a matter of minutes and would be inducted into the Russian military in December. Also, the […]
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Washington: The US Airforce declared that the B-1B bombers in its fleet are now equipped with hypersonic missiles capable of travelling at more than five times the speed of sound. These long-range missiles will make it possible to hit a target in the outer space in less time. On Tuesday, during the National Day parade, […]
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Beijing: Competing with the United States in the weapons sector, China has started deployment of hypersonic missiles aboard its bomber jets. Chinese mouthpiece ‘Global Times’ claimed that if these hypersonic missiles, travelling 1 mile in a second, are deployed on the bomber jets, it will cripple the enemy within a matter of minutes. Whereas, the […]
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Moscow: Russia has initiated strong actions to develop the capabilities in the space following the United States announcement to establish a Space Force and assigning it the status of a Combat Command. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to focus on the Aerospace Command, a part of the defence forces, to develop this sector. The order […]
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Paris: French Defence Minister, Florence Parly announced that France was venturing into development of Hypersonic Missiles ‘Many countries are acquiring them (hypersonic weapons) and we have the know-how to develop them. We could no longer afford to wait.’ The French Defence Minister also claimed that France would develop the first hypersonic missile in three years. […]
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Washington: The United States has started taking rapid steps in the development of the hypersonic missiles, given the Russian and Chinese efforts to acquire them. Heather Williams, the US Airforce Secretary, assured that the development of the Hypersonic missile, capable of Mach 5 speed, is in its final stages. The Missile Defence Review published by […]
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Moscow/Washington: The Russian military tested the Avangard, hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile capable of achieving speeds of up to 20 times that of the speed of sound. The tests were conducted in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and he claimed that no missile defence system in the world could neutralise the missile. However, the […]
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