Rajnath Singh to inaugurate India's first hypersonic wind tunnel today

Defence Minister inaugurates sophisticated missile and aircraft testing facility today

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Ajai Shukla  |  New Delhi 

On Saturday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to Hyderabad to inaugurate India’s first hypersonic wind tunnel — a missile and aircraft testing facility so high-tech that only the US and Russia have them.

In September, India entered an elite group in the field of hypersonics when the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) flew its Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV) at a speed of Mach 6 (six times the speed of sound, or two kilometres per second) for more than 22 seconds. However, the HSTDV test was a leap into the blue, with the only assurance ...

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First Published: Fri, December 18 2020. 22:42 IST
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