India tests hypersonic vehicle
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Still an achievement nonetheless. The Indians if they are smart should pivot much more money towards these asymmetrical programs than conventional programs, which have been anything but a disaster. But honestly, I'm not sure India should be investing more in these types of emerging technologies when they don't even have a reliable nuclear deterrent yet. The Agni III failure was a very bad sign ... along with reports of the struggles of Indian warhead miniaturization.
Please give links of successful scramjet flights before 2000.
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India missile program and rocket technology is about the level of China in 90s.
I am saying this not because I dislike India, but it's easy to compare the specs and progress.
There are quite some eye catching India rocket project, but it's just eye catching. India government lack of long term vision and execution, their government especially BJP are easily fooled by those Symbol project instead of real technology progress.
Take India Mars explore and moon as example. India has no deep space network, NASA did that for India. India shoot the very tiny satellite, and the rest was dealt by NASA. This is typical eye catching project.
Another one, moon project. It take India 1 month to get to the moon, while Russia, US, China take 1 day. India rocket is too weak. and they use very bad design for the robotic lunar lander.
Those two projects are political projects more than exploration.
The most powerful rocket India using today, is even weaker and backward than China 90s. I am just saying the facts.
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Well it's forever in the testing n development phase, ensures the DRDO will be funded for the next 30 years then when the tech goes obsolete, start a new project and dismantle the old, lose all the skillet gained. That's India for you and then the military will reject it and buy foreign, if they could buy nukes, I am pretty sure there wouldn't be agni etc. Lol
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India on Monday successfully flight-tested the indigenously-developed hypersonic technology demonstration vehicle (HSTDV), joining a select group of countries having the capability to develop the next-generation hypersonic cruise missiles, officials said.
The HSTDV, based on hypersonic propulsion technologies and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will help India develop futuristic space assets like long-range missile systems and aerial platforms, they said.
The HSTDV is capable of powering missiles to attain a speed of around Mach 6 or six times the speed of sound, the officials said, adding only a very few countries like the US, Russia and China have such a capability.
"The DRDO has successfully demonstrated the hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of hypersonic technology demonstration vehicle at 1103 hours from APJ Abdul Kalam launch complex at Wheeler Island, off the coast of Odisha today," the defence ministry said in a statement.
The HSTDV operates on a scramjet engine, as against the ramjet engine which is used on most missiles. The ramjet engines operate at supersonic speeds of up to Mach 3.
The ministry said all the performance parameters have indicated a resounding success of the mission. The successful test comes over a year after a similar attempt did not provide expected results.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO over the successful test-flight of the HSTDV, calling it a "landmark achievement".
"I congratulate DRDO on this landmark achievement towards realising PM's vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat. I spoke to the scientists associated with the project and congratulated them on this great achievement. India is proud of them," he tweeted.
A DRDO official said that with the successful test flight of the HSTDV, India has demonstrated capabilities for highly complex technology that will serve as the building block for next-generation hypersonic vehicles in partnership with the domestic defence industry.
The defence ministry said the parameters of launch and cruise vehicle, including the scramjet engine, were monitored by multiple tracking radars, electro-optical systems and telemetry stations.
"The scramjet engine worked at high dynamic pressure and very high temperature. A ship was also deployed in the Bay of Bengal to monitor the performance during the cruise phase of hypersonic vehicle," the ministry said.
With the successful test, it said many critical technologies such as aerodynamic configuration for hypersonic manoeuvres, use of scramjet propulsion for ignition and sustained combustion at hypersonic were proven and validated.
It said the hypersonic cruise vehicle was launched using a proven rocket motor, which took it to an altitude of 30 kilometres where the aerodynamic heat shields were separated.
"The cruise vehicle separated from the launch vehicle and the air intake opened as planned. The hypersonic combustion sustained and the cruise vehicle continued on its desired flight path at a velocity of six times the speed of sound," the ministry said.
It said the critical events like fuel injection and auto ignition of scramjet demonstrated technological maturity and that the scramjet engine performed in a "textbook manner
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...demonstrator-vehicle/articleshow/77974388.cms
The HSTDV, based on hypersonic propulsion technologies and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will help India develop futuristic space assets like long-range missile systems and aerial platforms, they said.
The HSTDV is capable of powering missiles to attain a speed of around Mach 6 or six times the speed of sound, the officials said, adding only a very few countries like the US, Russia and China have such a capability.
"The DRDO has successfully demonstrated the hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of hypersonic technology demonstration vehicle at 1103 hours from APJ Abdul Kalam launch complex at Wheeler Island, off the coast of Odisha today," the defence ministry said in a statement.
The HSTDV operates on a scramjet engine, as against the ramjet engine which is used on most missiles. The ramjet engines operate at supersonic speeds of up to Mach 3.
The ministry said all the performance parameters have indicated a resounding success of the mission. The successful test comes over a year after a similar attempt did not provide expected results.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO over the successful test-flight of the HSTDV, calling it a "landmark achievement".
"I congratulate DRDO on this landmark achievement towards realising PM's vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat. I spoke to the scientists associated with the project and congratulated them on this great achievement. India is proud of them," he tweeted.
A DRDO official said that with the successful test flight of the HSTDV, India has demonstrated capabilities for highly complex technology that will serve as the building block for next-generation hypersonic vehicles in partnership with the domestic defence industry.
The defence ministry said the parameters of launch and cruise vehicle, including the scramjet engine, were monitored by multiple tracking radars, electro-optical systems and telemetry stations.
"The scramjet engine worked at high dynamic pressure and very high temperature. A ship was also deployed in the Bay of Bengal to monitor the performance during the cruise phase of hypersonic vehicle," the ministry said.
With the successful test, it said many critical technologies such as aerodynamic configuration for hypersonic manoeuvres, use of scramjet propulsion for ignition and sustained combustion at hypersonic were proven and validated.
It said the hypersonic cruise vehicle was launched using a proven rocket motor, which took it to an altitude of 30 kilometres where the aerodynamic heat shields were separated.
"The cruise vehicle separated from the launch vehicle and the air intake opened as planned. The hypersonic combustion sustained and the cruise vehicle continued on its desired flight path at a velocity of six times the speed of sound," the ministry said.
It said the critical events like fuel injection and auto ignition of scramjet demonstrated technological maturity and that the scramjet engine performed in a "textbook manner
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...demonstrator-vehicle/articleshow/77974388.cms
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But It seems You people dont do ur homework well.
1. Indian Mars Mission is unique as it was THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL MISSION, in the VERY FIRST ATTEMPT.
Now, "rest was dealt by NASA" ? Its the Same for China. :
2. China DOES NOT HAVE DEEP SPACE MONITORING, EXACTLY LIKE INDIA. Which is why :
No Go n Cry a River.
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Why're you giving out Russian links. Didn't daddy china conduct any tests back then? Y'all must've been busy ripping off the Russians rightKh-80 - Wikipedia
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China current hyper-sonic is too advanced. Chinese one goes a completely different technology route, so nothing to compare with India backward so called hyper-sonic ones, which is technology in 80s, 90.
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Such stupid post. China has deep space network, otherwise China won't send lander to Mars.
China has zero cooperation with US, it's banned by US and we don't need it.
Go do your own homework.
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Good, you are now promoted from a ¢50 bot to ¢75 bot by CCP
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Because its not a missile. Why will it have a payload?
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