Hyderabad (India): India has opened a new Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT) test facility here, becoming only the third nation globally after the United States and Russia to have such large capabilities in terms of size and operations. The facility was opened yesterday by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated during the course of the day with additional information obtained from DRDO in paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 12, and a video of the hypersonic vehicle launch in the last paragraph.) By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In only its second attempt in just over […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Lieutenant General Vijay Kumar Saxena Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the ‘Missile Man of India’; the spirit behind the Indian Space Research […]
