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- Recently, Russia had carried out another successful test of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile from the Severodvinsk submarine and hit a designated mock target in the Barents Sea.
About Zircon hypersonic cruise missile
- Zircon’s tests are to be completed later this year and they will be commissioned by the Russian navy in 2022.
- It could hit targets at sea and on land with a range of 1,000 kilometres (620 miles).
- It would be capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound.
- Zircon is intended to arm Russian cruisers, frigates and submarines.
- It is one of several hypersonic missiles under development in Russia.
Developments in India
- India has collaborated with Russia on the development of BrahMos II, a Mach 7 hypersonic cruise missile.
- BrahMos II was initially intended to be fielded in 2017 but the programme faces significant delays and is now scheduled to achieve initial operational capability between 2025 and 2028.
- India is also developing an indigenous, dual-capable hypersonic cruise missile as part of its Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle programme and successfully tested a Mach 6 scramjet in June 2019 and September 2020.
- India operates approximately 12 hypersonic wind tunnels and is capable of testing speeds of up to Mach 13.
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Source: NDTV
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