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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>India plans to develop hypersonic cruise missile</b>

The new hypersonic missile will have great kinematics energy, range and a powerful scramjet engine to make it a precision lethal weapon. The kerosene-fuelled missile is believed to be much cheaper than the design concepts of the western countries.

'The hypersonic missile will have a speed of mach 5. That is five times the speed of sound,' Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai, CEO and amp; MD of BrahMos Aerospace, told IANS.

'Today we are flying BrahMos at mach 2.8. From that we are going to increase to mach 5. So, the programme involves developing a new scramjet engine to reach hypersonic speed,' he added.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->