Russia's Zircon missile is also a hypersonic weapon, capable of travelling a range of 1,000 kilometres with speeds between 9,800 and 11,000 kilometres per hour. Russia has used this missile in the ongoing war with Ukraine.

India's DRDO has conducted a flight-trial of the country's first long-range hypersonic missile from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha.

India has successfully tested a domestically developed long-range hypersonic missile, it said on Sunday, attaining a key milestone in military development.

India tested a long-range, hypersonic missile late Nov. 16 off the country’s eastern coast, calling the flight trial a “historic achievement,” the press information bureau in Delhi said. The statement revealed the previously unannounced program, which seeks to add a new capability to the Indian military’s arsenal.

India successfully conducted flight tests of its first long-range hypersonic missile. The tests took place yesterday evening, November 16, according to the Indian Ministry of Defence website. The tests were conducted by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).