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Six strategic breakthroughs place India among elite missile powers

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June 15, 2026

India has consolidated its position as a major military power in South and Southeast Asia by notching up six key milestones in a month that make it one of the few countries capable of building both advanced offensive deterrence and sophisticated defensive missile shields.

- HEMANT KUMAR ROUT

Six strategic breakthroughs place India among elite missile powers

The latest achievement came over the weekend when the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted three consecutive flight tests of two world-class next-generation interceptor missiles and the maiden trial of the Naval Anti-Ship Missile-Medium Range (NASM-MR) from the Integrated Test Range off the Odisha coast.

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