He was born on 17 February 1951. He was commissioned as a pilot in Pakistan Air Force in 1971. On 20 August 1971 Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas was to takeoff on a routine training flight when his Instructor Pilot forced him from the... (1)
rear cockpit, seized control of the aircraft and took off. When Rashid Minhas realized that the absconding pilot was heading towards India, he tried to regain control of the plane but was unable to do so. (2)
Knowing that it meant certain death, he damaged the controls and forced the aircraft to crash thirty-two miles short of the border.(3)
Most traditional ballistic missiles fly at hypersonic speeds, whereas most traditional cruise missiles fly at subsonic (less than Mach 1) and supersonic (Mach 1 to 5) speeds. For example, the Minuteman III, the United States 'nuclear - armed intercontinental
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ballistic missile ( ICBM ) , can hit Mach 23 at burnout and would reach Russia from silos housed in the western United States within about 30 minutes after launching.
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China Tested an Earth-Circling Hypersonic Missile, FT Reports
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China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile that circled the globe before speeding toward its target, the Financial Times reported Saturday, citing people familiar with the event.
The test in August showed China has made more progress on hypersonic weapons than U.S. officials realized, according to the report, which didn’t identify the people familiar with the test.
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The missile missed its target, and the test doesn’t necessarily mean China will deploy such a weapon, the Financial Times said. The newspaper said the U.S. Department of Defense declined to comment on its report.
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The military awards consist of Operational Awards, Non-Operational Awards, the Tamgha-i-Difa and the Imtiazi Sanad. In addition, campaign and commemorative medals for special occasions are instituted as and when necessary.
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Operational Awards
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Nishan-i-Haider
Only those members of the Armed Forces, the FC and the Frontier Constabulary when serving under the Federal Govt, who have performed acts of greatest heroism or of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger, and have shown bravery