{"id":30669,"date":"2025-03-08T11:33:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T06:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30669"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:47:22","slug":"brahmastra-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmastra-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Brahmastra Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Brahmastra Missile Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Indian scientists have developed a modern-day \u2018Brahmastra\u2019 with an astonishing speed of 12,144 km per hour.<\/p>\n<h2>About Brahmastra Missile<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This weapon, named the <strong>Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRAShM),<\/strong> is a <strong>hypersonic glide missile.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (<strong>DRDO<\/strong>).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>outperforms <\/strong>similar missiles like <strong>China\u2019s DF-17 <\/strong>in terms of range and technology.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Brahmastra Missile Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>With a <strong>range of 1,500 km<\/strong>, this missile can obliterate an enemy ship or warship within 7 to 8 minutes of being launched.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It can be <strong>deployed from both land and sea,<\/strong> offering versatility in combat scenarios<\/li>\n<li>This missile <strong>operates at 10 Mach<\/strong>, making it 10 times faster than the speed of sound. This allows it to travel 3.37 km in just one second.<\/li>\n<li>The incorporation of <strong>special heat-resistant materials<\/strong> ensures the missile can <strong>withstand extreme temperatures<\/strong> without disintegrating during flight, setting a new benchmark in <strong>scramjet and glide technology.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Brahmastra Missile FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the range of the Brahmastra missile?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. 1,500 km<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Who developed the Brahmastra missile?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is meant by hypersonic?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The term hypersonic refers to speeds that are five times or more than the speed of sound (Mach 5 or above).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/lrash-missile-with-a-speed-of-12144-km-h-drdo-brings-mahabharata-concept-to-life-ws-ab-9252602.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">N18<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brahmastra Missile is a cutting-edge hypersonic glide missile, designed for precision strikes with advanced speed and maneuverability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30669","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\/30669","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=30669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}