Hypersonic Cruise Missile – A successful launch by India
12 th June, 2019, Wednesday – A proud day for India! Defence news unveiled that hypersonic cruise missile was initially launched off the coast of Odisha, India. It was expected to help Defence Research and Development Organisation with the futuristic applications and aerial system. Unfortunately, it failed! On Monday i.e. 10 th June, 2019, this Indian missile was test launched in the presence of Defence Minister – Rajnath Singh and Secretary (Defence Production) – Ajay Kumar. It was launched by using Agni 1 missile platform, which has to take it to the predetermined altitude. Unfortunately, the test launch failed! Though the hypersonic cruise missile successfully took off from the range, the test couldn’t be complete. The Agni 1 failed to reach the expected altitude. The scientists are struggling to find out the possible reasons for this failure. Read Full Article