India successfully test-fired interceptor missile from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast on Wednesday. The 7.5 m tall interceptor is a single stage solid rocket propelled guided missile equipped with an inertial navigation system and an electro-mechanical activator under command by the data up-linked from ground-based radar.
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India successfully test-fires interceptor missile from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. pic.twitter.com/51U8T6gXPZ
India test-fired an interceptor weapon system, which is capable of destroying incoming enemy missiles at low altitude. The missile is dubbed as advanced air defence interceptor. It is part of India's ballistic missile defence (BMD) programme.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out a second test of Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV) interceptor missile, which is capable of stopping incoming missiles at an altitude of 100 km at exo-atmospheric zone.
''Countdown has already started for the trial. As per the coordinated exercise, the interceptor will kill a target missile, fired from another location and mimicking an enemy missile, mid-air,'' a defence official had said.
The weapon is going to be inducted in the armed forces and will be deployed at strategic location to protect the country's cities and important installations from hostile attack.
India is the fourth country in the world to have a BMD programme. Apart from India, the US, Russia and Israel also have the technology. India has a no-first use principle.
