{"id":22762,"date":"2024-04-24T08:17:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T02:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=22762"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T09:02:44","slug":"crystal-maze-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/crystal-maze-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Crystal Maze 2?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Crystal Maze 2<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Crystal Maze 2, also referred to as <strong>ROCKS<\/strong>, is an air-launched medium-range <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/types-of-missiles-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">ballistic missile<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>It is of <strong>Israeli origin.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is designed to <strong>target high-value stationary<\/strong> and <strong>relocatable assets,<\/strong> such as <strong>long-range radars<\/strong> and <strong>air defense systems, <\/strong>of potential adversaries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Distinguished from its predecessor, Crystal Maze 1, which has been inducted into the IAF from Israel previously, the Crystal Maze 2 bo<strong>asts extended stand-off range<\/strong> capabilities as an <strong>air-to-surface missile.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is capable of <strong>hitting targets over 250 kilometers<\/strong> away.<\/li>\n<li>With options for <strong>either a penetration or blast fragmentation warhead<\/strong>, the missile is capable of destroying above-ground or well-protected underground targets.<\/li>\n<li>It is specifically <strong>effective in GPS-denied environments<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The deployment strategy of the ROCKS involves releasing the missile well outside the surface-to-air-defended area, followed by a high-velocity trajectory to minimize the risk to aircraft and missiles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What are ballistic missiles?<\/h3>\n<p>Ballistic missiles are powered initially by a rocket or series of rockets in stages, but then follow an unpowered trajectory that arches upwards before descending to reach its intended target. Ballistic missiles can carry either nuclear or conventional warheads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/crystal-maze-2-iaf-tests-new-250-km-strike-range-air-launched-ballistic-missile-2530847-2024-04-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>India successfully tests new 250 km strike range air-launched ballistic missile<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Maze 2, also referred to as ROCKS, is an air-launched medium-range ballistic missile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}