Hypersonic Missiles : A successful test by India
Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam who is known as The Missile Man of India worked on the development of ballistic missiles and launched the vehicle technology. He also played a big role in launch vehicle technology. He also played a pivotal organisational, technical, and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974. He always wants to see India ahead in terms of technology so he wrote a book named India Vision 2020 in 1998. HSTDV From 1998 till present-day, India has achieved so much success in technology. On September 7, 2020 India joined the exclusive group of countries that possess hypersonic technology by testing HSTDV, first Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle. The test comes under government push and Atmanirbhar Bharat and heightened tensions between India and China. India becomes the 4th country in the world after the US, China and Russia to develop a scramjet engine and enter the coveted club. Apart from ...