India tests hypersonic vector as tension with China grows. Shoot the border
The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), an agency of the Indian Ministry of Defense in charge of weapons development, released a statement on Monday announcing that it has "successfully tested in flight" a hypersonic technology demonstration vehicle (HSTDV ). This is the test of the first vehicle of its kind on the subcontinent.
In a historic mission today, India successfully flight tested Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV), a giant leap in indigenous defense technologies and significant milestone towards a #sashaktbharat and #atmanirbharbharat .
– DRDO (@DRDO_India) September 7, 2020
In this video you can see the launch and separation of the HSTDV from the vector:
Successful flight test of Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV) from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Launch Complex at Wheeler Island off the cost of Odisha today. pic.twitter.com/7SstcyLQVo
– रक्षा मंत्री कार्यालय / RMO India (@DefenceMinIndia) September 7, 2020
The launch was also celebrated by the Indian Defense Minister, Ranjanat Singh, and takes place one week after the renewal of border tensions between New Delhi and Beijing along the Himalayan border. On 31 August there was talk of new clashes between Chinese and Indians in upper Kashmir, with India accusing the counterpart of having invaded Indian territory with as many as 10,000 men.
#China has denied Indian allegations that its troops crossed the Line of Actual Control in #Ladakh region. #LadakhStandoff
Watch #IndusNews Live: https://t.co/JoxdJeL3fr pic.twitter.com/O3LVr3fGHa
– Indus News (@indusdotnews) August 31, 2020
The Indians spoke of clashes with a lot of prisoners between numerous Indian troops and the Indians who managed to repel them. There was also talk of a Chinese Chengdu J20 stealth fighter that would patrol the border. Naturally Beijing has disdainfully rejected the accusations and given the area in which the clashes would take place, militarized and extremely impervious, we will probably never know the truth.Remember that India is a nuclear power and with the hypersonic vehicle of re-entry it could acquire a capacity objectively important strategy.
Update: There have been gunshots on the Indo-Chinese border and it appears that bilateral peace talks are collapsing miserably. The Chinese claim that the shots started from the Indian side and that they have "taken countermeasures", although it is not clear which type.
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