Explainer: Why is North Korea testing hypersonic missiles and how do they work?North Korea has tested a new solid-fuel hypersonic missile with intermediate range, featuring a conical manoeuvrable reentry vehicle (MaRV)...
15 Jan, 2024, 11.56 AM IST
Russia to equip new nuclear submarines with hypersonic missilesThe sea-based Zircon hypersonic missiles have a range of 900 km (560 miles), and can travel at several times the speed of sound, making it ...
14 Aug, 2023, 09.07 AM IST
India, Russia to build BrahMoS hypersonic versionMoscow is ahead of the US and other western powers in the development of hypersonic missiles, considered a game-changer in modern warfare. ...
03 Apr, 2023, 11.57 PM IST
Russian warship armed with hypersonic missiles to join drills with China, S.AfricaThe missiles fly at nine times the speed of sound, with a range of more than 1,000 km (620 miles), Russia says. They form the centrepiece o...
23 Jan, 2023, 08.57 AM IST
Vladimir Putin sends off frigate armed with new hypersonic cruise missileIn a video conference with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Igor Krokhmal, commander of the frigate named "Admiral of the Fleet of the So...
04 Jan, 2023, 04.45 PM IST
On navy day, Putin says United States is main threat to RussiaOn navy day, Putin says United States is main threat to Russia.
31 Jul, 2022, 04.02 PM IST
Putin says Russian navy to get new hypersonic missiles soonSpeaking on Russia's Navy Day in the former imperial capital of St Petersburg, Putin praised Tsar Peter the Great for making Russia a great...
31 Jul, 2022, 02.24 PM IST
Russia says it's completed testing of hypersonic Zircon cruise missileAlexander Moiseyev, commander of the Northern Fleet, said the Admiral Golovko frigate would become the first to be armed full-time with the...
01 Jun, 2022, 02.35 PM IST
Russia says carried out hypersonic missile testThe missile was fired from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate stationed in the Barents Sea and "successfully hit" a target stationed 1,000 kilome...
28 May, 2022, 04.42 PM IST
Russia shows off Zircon hypersonic cruise missile in test-launch at seaThe missile was fired from the Barents Sea and hit a target in the White Sea, it said. Video released by the ministry showed the missile be...
28 May, 2022, 03.42 PM IST
Ukraine war is backdrop in US push for hypersonic weaponsThe US is in a race with Russia and China to develop these weapons, which travel at speeds akin to ballistic missiles but are difficult to ...
21 Mar, 2022, 10.37 AM IST
Russia test-fires new hypersonic Tsirkon missiles from frigate, submarineRussian President Vladimir Putin has lauded the weapon as part of a new generation of unrivalled arms systems.
31 Dec, 2021, 02.11 PM IST
Russia, China more advanced than US in hypersonic technologies: American officialThe United States is not as advanced in hypersonic technologies as Russia or China, US Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David Thompson s...
21 Nov, 2021, 02.52 PM IST
Russia test fires Zircon hypersonic missileHypersonics can travel more than five times the speed of sound and manoeuvre in mid-flight, making them much harder to track and intercept ...
18 Nov, 2021, 07.04 PM IST
China joins heated race for new missiles, vies with US, RussiaThe Financial Times reported on Saturday that China had launched a rocket carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle that flew through space, circ...
18 Oct, 2021, 01.55 PM IST
Russia test fires submarine-launched hypersonic Tsirkon missile for first timeRussia's defence ministry said that the Severodvinsk submarine had fired the missile in the Barents Sea, successfully hitting its chosen ta...
04 Oct, 2021, 12.35 PM IST
Russia test fires Zircon hypersonic cruise missileMoscow has in recent years touted the development of futuristic weapons which it hopes will give it the edge in any arms race with the Unit...
19 Jul, 2021, 02.31 PM IST