INDIA TEST-FIRES 10 MISSILES IN 35 DAYS.
                     INDIA TEST-
FIRES 10 
MISSILES IN 
35 DAYS
INTRODUCTION
• The DRDO’s effort to fast-track 
development of ‘Made in India’ strategic 
nuclear and conventional missiles - it has 
fired a missile every four days over nearly 
a month comes against the backdrop of 
China’s refusal to step back from the Line 
of Actual Control.
Source: 
indiandefensenews.in
Nirbhay sub-sonic cruise missile
• The Defence Research and Development 
Organisation (DRDO) will early next week fire 
the 800 km range Nirbhay sub-sonic cruise 
missile, the last for the solid rocket booster 
missile before its formal induction into the 
army and the navy.
• It would be the tenth missile test-firing by 
India’s lead defence research organisation in 
the last 35 days.
Source: 
indiandefensenews.in
Clashing of China
• China’s People’s Liberation Army had first 
clashed with Indian soldiers on the 
northern bank of Ladakh’s Pangong Tso 
lake on May 5 this year, setting up a 
stand-off that rapidly expanded to four 
locations in East Ladakh.
Source: 
hindustantimes.com
Stand-off escalated into a clash 
• The stand-off escalated into a bloody clash in 
June that killed soldiers on both sides. 
• It was the first time that the two countries had 
lost soldiers on this border in four decades. 
• A little less than two months later, shots were 
also fired when Indian soldiers occupied the 
heights on the north bank of the picturesque 
salt water lake spread across 700 square km.
Source: Business 
Standard
India’s Race To Test Missiles
• Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle 7 Sept
• ABHYAS-High Speed Expendable Aerial Target 22 
Sept
• Laser Guided Anti Tank Guided Missile 22 Sept
• Night trial of strategic missile Prithvi II 23 Sept
• Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos 30 Sep
• Laser Guided Anti Tank Guided Missile 1 Oct
• Supersonic Shaurya strategic missile 3 Oct
• Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo 5 Oct
• Anti Radiation Missile 9 Oct
Source: 
indiandefensenews.in
Diplomats
• The two countries have held numerous rounds 
of negotiations at the level of diplomats, 
another round is scheduled on Monday. 
• But China has been reluctant to go back to 
the positions it held before stepping up 
tensions.
Source: 
hindustantimes.com
Stand of USA
• US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has 
held up Chinese president Xi Jinping’s 
aggression on the border with India as 
an example of the Chinese communist 
party’s bad behaviour. 
• The US estimates China has mobilized 
about 60,000 troops in depth locations 
across Ladakh.
Source: Foreign Policy
Doubt about China’s commitment to 
peace 
• The DRDO was quietly told to fast-
track its missile programme in the 
early part of the standoff because the 
Indian government had doubts about 
China’s commitment to peace on the 
border.
Source: 
hindustantimes.com
All About the Missiles
• The Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator 
Vehicle (HSTDV) was the first one to be 
fired on 7 September. 
• Over the next four weeks, the DRDO has 
test-fired the extended-range version of the 
supersonic cruise missile 
• BrahMos that can blow up targets 400 km away
• the nuclear-capable Shaurya supersonic missiles 
that can travel at twice to thrice the speed of 
sound
• the supersonic missile assisted release of the 
torpedo that targets submarines
Source: 
indiandefensenews.in
Prithvi-II
• The DRDO also carried out a night trial of 
the nuclear-capable ballistic missile Prithvi-
II, the surface-to-surface missile capable of 
attacking targets at a range of 300 km. 
• It is India’s first indigenous surface-to-
surface strategic missile.
Source: Business 
Standard