India has issued a Notice to Airmen or Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) warning for the launch of an experimental Indigenously-developed Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) flight take off over the Bay of Bengal for the period from January 22 to 25.
As per reports, the maximum designated length is 600 km and this is expected to be the longer duration test of the hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle.
With China making a stride on hypersonic missile technology, the Indian government has also fast-tracked its development and a 1500 km range production-ready hypersonic missile will be ready within the next four years. in terms of India’s preparedness on the Eastern front.
Indigenously-developed HSTDV will be tested from Integrated Test Range (ITR) on Abdul Kalam Island in the Bay of Bengal.
The test is aimed towards the development of an entire range of very high cruise missiles and other weapon systems and already in 2021 India successfully test-fired the Agni-P missile two times.
Also, a successful flight test of the HSTDV was also conducted in the month of September last year and the ballistic missile developed by DRDO has a range between 1,000 and 2,000 kilometres, weighing half of Agni-III and has new kinds of propulsion and new guidance.
India already has the 4000-kilometre range Agni-IV and 5000-kilometre range Agni-V that went through user trial on October 27, 2021, and is now validated for induction under India’s credible minimum deterrence policy.
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