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We have one quasi ballistic SLBM operational, one quasi baillistic hypersonic missile and most probably Dhanush is also same, only added with similer seeker like Bramhos.Then the weapon is no longer unpowered but is a powered vehicle.
You will have to FIRST design a cruise missile. Then you will have to design a launch vehicle that is essentially a ballistic missile to carry this cruise missile.
Now it gets complicated.
In order for the cruise missile to behave like a cruise missile after a ballistic descent, you will have to program the descent stage in some ways to allow distance and time for the cruise missile to have level flight -- like a manned aircraft. In other words, the ballistic warhead, which contains the cruise missile, must release the cruise missile at altitude high enough to allow the cruise missile to gain full aerodynamic exploitation so that it can have effective use of its sensor and maneuverability.
You have to determine the mode of destruction, as in do you want to hit the ship like a ballistic warhead, or to hit the ship like a cruise missile. Can you design a weapon that can do both, depending on what it sees ? Sure. How much money you got ?