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Detailed explanation-1: -India successfully test-fires new version of nuclear-capable Shaurya Missile.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is the Shaurya hypersonic weapon? It is a surface-to-surface, medium range, nuclear capable hypersonic missile that can reach speeds of 7.5 Mach. It is indigenously developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the project code-named B-05.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shaurya Development The missile underwent its first undersea launch in March 2014 from a submerged barge, also demonstrating an expanded range of 3, 000 km. The missile was tested again, firing at a depressed trajectory from an undersea barge and allegedly to a range of 3, 500 km.

Detailed explanation-4: -In recent months, North Korea has test-fired a barrage of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, including last month’s launch of its developmental, longest-range liquid-fuelled Hwasong-17 ICBM, which is designed to carry multiple warheads and has been dubbed the “monster missile”.

Detailed explanation-5: -Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile with large kill altitude bracket from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on November 02, 2022.