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Ukrainian missile lands in Belarus, raises fears of conflict spilling over
•An S-300 missile from Ukrainian territory landed in Belarus between 10 am and 11 am local time. However, no additional was shared by the authorities

Missile strike on Poland kills two: How will NATO respond?
•If NATO members were drawn in, that would bring about what Kremlin propagandists have been promoting for months: an existential contest between Russia and the European West

Iran claims to have developed hypersonic missile
•While countries like the United States (US) have developed systems designed to defend against cruise and ballistic missiles, the ability to track and take down a hypersonic missile remains a question

North Korea fires another short-range ballistic missile, flies warplanes near South Korea border
•South Korea's military also said it detected North Korea firing about 170 rounds of artillery from eastern and western coastal areas near the border region and that the shells fell inside maritime buffer zones the Koreas established under a 2018 military agreement on reducing tensions

Ukraine-Russia war: Moscow says has again fired Kinzhal hypersonic missiles in Ukraine
•The Russian defence ministry also said it killed more than 100 members of Ukrainian special forces and "foreign mercenaries" when it targeted a training centre in the town of Ovruch in northern Ukraine with sea-based missiles

Iran claims responsibility for missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq, says it was retaliation for Israeli strike in Syria
•The attack drew harsh condemnation from the Iraqi government, which called it a 'violation of international law and norms' and demanded an explanation from the Iranian leadership

Technical malfunction during maintenance led to accidental firing of missile that landed in Pak, says defence ministry
Fp Staff •The ministry further stated that India has taken a serious view of the incident and has ordered a high-level Court of Enquiry into it

Indian Navy successfully test-fires BrahMos cruise missile from INS Chennai
•The missile hit its intended target with pinpoint accuracy after traversing an extended range trajectory and performing complex manoeuvres, said navy officials

India successfully flight-tests indigenously-made Man Portable Antitank Guided Missile in Kurnool; all you need to know
Fp Staff •DRDO successfully flight tested an indigenously-developed low weight, fire and forget, Man Portable Antitank Guided Missile (MPATGM) from Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool

Upgraded BrahMos with 500-kilometre range ready; India becomes only country to integrate long-range missiles into fighter jets
•The upgraded version of the homegrown BrahMos missile with an enhanced range of up to 500 km is ready, the CEO of BrahMos Aerospace, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, has said



