Issue Brief on “India Joins the Global Hypersonic Missile Race”

India conducted its first hypersonic missile test in November 2024. However, India has been working on hypersonic technology for nearly two decades. This puts India in an intensifying global hypersonic missile arms race where the U.S., Russia, and China are the front-runners. While Russia, China, and the U.S. have advanced technology in hypersonic weapons that include air, ground, and sea-launched hypersonic missiles, India is just entering the race. It is imperative to evaluate at the nature of this race and its regional and global implications.

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