Supersonic Flight

India test fires interceptor missile successfully

10 Feb 2012

India on Friday successfully test-fired indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile from Odisha coast.

Interceptor missile successfully launched off Odisha coast

10 Feb 2012

As part of its plan to deploy a two-layer ballistic missile defence system, India on Friday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile from the Integrated Test Range off Odisha coast. A surface-to-surface target missile -- a modified 'Prithvi' -- was first lifted from the launch Complex III in ITR at Chandipur, 15 km from Balasore around 10.13 am, defence ...

Man Plans Fall at Supersonic Speed From Edge of Space

9 Feb 2012

Felix Baumgartner plans to cheat death. He and a team plan a parachute jump from a balloon 23 miles over Roswell, New Mexico -- a supersonic fall from the edge of space.