{"id":15260,"date":"2025-04-04T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15260"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:03:59","slug":"hypersonic-missiles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/","title":{"rendered":"HYPERSONIC MISSILES"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Russian Nuclear Submarine &#8220;Perm&#8221; Launched:<\/strong> Equipped with hypersonic Zircon missiles as standard, marking a significant advancement for the Russian navy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Putin&#8217;s &#8220;Milestone&#8221; Assessment:<\/strong> The launch of the Perm is considered a crucial event for strengthening Russia&#8217;s naval capabilities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hypersonic Missile Definition:<\/strong> These weapons travel at Mach 5 or higher (\u2265 6,174 km\/h), characterized by speed, maneuverability, and rapid strike potential.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maneuverability Advantage:<\/strong> Trajectory can be altered mid-flight, evading missile shields and early warning systems more effectively than ballistic missiles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Detection Challenges:<\/strong> Ground-based radars have difficulty detecting them early, complicating interception efforts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strategic Applications:<\/strong> Hypersonic weapons offer responsive, long-range strike options against defended or time-critical targets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kinetic Energy Destruction:<\/strong> Conventional versions utilize kinetic energy to destroy targets, including hardened facilities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two Main Types:<\/strong> Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGVs) and Hypersonic Cruise Missiles (HCMs) employ different propulsion methods. HGVs glide after rocket launch; HCMs use scramjets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zircon Missile Capabilities:<\/strong> Russia claims it reaches Mach 8, has a range of 625 miles, and can carry a 660-pound warhead, making it exceptionally difficult to defend against.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Nuclear Submarine &#8220;Perm&#8221; Launched: Equipped with hypersonic Zircon missiles as standard, marking a significant advancement for the Russian navy. Putin&#8217;s &#8220;Milestone&#8221; Assessment: The launch of the Perm is considered a crucial event for strengthening Russia&#8217;s naval capabilities. Hypersonic Missile Definition: These weapons travel at Mach 5 or higher (\u2265 6,174 km\/h), characterized by speed, &#8230; <a title=\"HYPERSONIC MISSILES\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about HYPERSONIC MISSILES\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[595],"tags":[1265],"class_list":["post-15260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-03-04-25"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HYPERSONIC MISSILES - Current Affairs Exam<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HYPERSONIC MISSILES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russian Nuclear Submarine &#8220;Perm&#8221; Launched: Equipped with hypersonic Zircon missiles as standard, marking a significant advancement for the Russian navy. Putin&#8217;s &#8220;Milestone&#8221; Assessment: The launch of the Perm is considered a crucial event for strengthening Russia&#8217;s naval capabilities. Hypersonic Missile Definition: These weapons travel at Mach 5 or higher (\u2265 6,174 km\/h), characterized by speed, ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Current Affairs Exam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T14:58:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T15:03:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/307\/2025\/04\/15260_1743779038.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"529\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"HYPERSONIC MISSILES - Current Affairs Exam","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"HYPERSONIC MISSILES","og_description":"Russian Nuclear Submarine &#8220;Perm&#8221; Launched: Equipped with hypersonic Zircon missiles as standard, marking a significant advancement for the Russian navy. Putin&#8217;s &#8220;Milestone&#8221; Assessment: The launch of the Perm is considered a crucial event for strengthening Russia&#8217;s naval capabilities. Hypersonic Missile Definition: These weapons travel at Mach 5 or higher (\u2265 6,174 km\/h), characterized by speed, ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/","og_site_name":"Current Affairs Exam","article_published_time":"2025-04-04T14:58:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-04T15:03:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":940,"height":529,"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/307\/2025\/04\/15260_1743779038.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/","name":"HYPERSONIC MISSILES - Current Affairs Exam","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/307\/2025\/04\/15260_1743779038.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-04T14:58:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-04T15:03:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/307\/2025\/04\/15260_1743779038.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/307\/2025\/04\/15260_1743779038.jpg","width":940,"height":529},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/hypersonic-missiles-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"HYPERSONIC MISSILES"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/","name":"Current Affairs Exam","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209","name":"rawan239","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rawan239"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com"],"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/author\/rawan239\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}