Mains Paper II · 3 Science & Technology · 3.7 Defence technology

3.7.2 Missile basics: ballistic, cruise, hypersonic and MIRV

Ballistic missiles fly a high arc and fall under gravity, cruise missiles fly low under engine power, hypersonic weapons travel above Mach 5, and MIRV lets one missile deliver several warheads.

  • APPSC Group 2 · Mains Paper II
  • Advanced level
  • 5 min read
  • Full course

Key terms

  • ballistic missile
  • cruise missile
  • hypersonic
  • scramjet
  • HSTDV
  • MIRV
  • Mach
  • range classes
  • Agni-5
  • Mission Divyastra
  • MTCR

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. Mains writingMains writing
  5. Common trapsFoundation
  6. Quick revisionFoundation

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