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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

From where, the DRDO successfully tested the indigenously developed HSTDV along with several technologies?

A	Gulf of Khambhat
B	Gulf of Kutch
C	Dr. Abdul Kalam Island
D	Salsette Island

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully demonstrated the hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV) at 1103 hours from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Launch Complex at Wheeler Island, off the coast of Odisha today.

Detailed explanation-2: -DRDO successfully flight tests Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Th HSTDV was tested for the first time by the Defence Research and Development Organisation in 2019. It is an unmanned aircraft built for flying at hypersonic speed (five times greater than that of sound).

Detailed explanation-4: -HSTDV can cruise at a speed of Mach 6, or six times the speed of sound, and rise up to an altitude of 32.5km in just 20 seconds. On Monday, when DRDO tested the HSDTV with the help of Agni missile boosters, it successfully achieved an altitude of over 30,000 ft in just 22 seconds at a speed of Mach 6.

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