New Delhi (NVI): In a major success amid the ongoing border crisis with China, India today successfully test-fired a new version of nuclear-capable Shaurya missile off the coast of Odisha, which can strike targets at around 800 kms.
In the final phase of its course, the missile moves at hypersonic speeds while moving close to its target.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation has lately carried out a slew of missile tests amid heightened tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control.
The new version of the missile was test fired successfully and would be inducted in the strategic forces to complement one of the existing missiles in the same class.
The missile would be lighter and easier to operate in comparison with the existing missile.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been working towards completing total self-reliance in the field of strategic missiles and has enhanced its efforts further after the call of Aatmanirbhar Bharat by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the defence sector earlier this year.
India also successfully test fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which can hit targets at over 400 km strike range which is at least more than 100 kms from the previous capability of the missile.
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