India's new hypersonic missile just made its Republic Day debut
India showed off its latest tech at the 77th Republic Day parade: the LR-AShM, a homegrown hypersonic glide missile built by DRDO for the Navy.
This missile can hit both moving and stationary targets at sea—even from 1,500km away.
What makes LR-AShM special?
This isn't just another missile—it's packed with Indian-made tech and super-accurate sensors.
It travels crazy fast (think Mach 10 at launch, averaging Mach 5), using a zig-zag low-altitude path that helps it dodge enemy radars.
That means it's not only quick but also really hard to spot.
How does it work?
The LR-AShM uses a two-stage rocket to get its speed up, then glides through the atmosphere before making sharp maneuvers to hit its target.
The two-stage rocket and unpowered glide, together with indigenous high-accuracy sensors, are intended to provide long range (reported up to 1,500km) and improved terminal accuracy, and to strengthen India's coastal/maritime strike capability.