India can be strong if it has solutions to key tech challenges: Rajnath Singh

NEW DELHI: India can remain strong and secure in adverse situations if it has solutions to critical technological challenges, defence minister Rajnath Singh said, adding that he wanted Indians to excel in frontier technologies.
Singh was visiting Hyderabad where he inaugurated Vigyan Vaibhav, a two-day science and technology extravaganza organised as part of the National Science Day celebrations.
Later, the defence minister visited DRDO's Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex, the nerve centre for design and development of

indigenous missile systems

, in Hyderabad. Singh was briefed about the latest missile programmes being carried out by the research centre. Secretary, department of defence and DRDO chairman, Samir V Kamat, and senior scientists and officials of the research centre were present on the occasion.
Singh felicitated the team of the

Long-Range Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile

project, successful flight-trials of which took place in Nov last year.

The successful testing positioned India among the select group of nations with

hypersonic missile capabilities

.
The defence minister commended the scientists for their contribution to India's defence capabilities and called upon them to continue factoring-in the rapidly evolving technological transformation into their projects while working with dedication.