TEST-FIRING OF AAD ENDO-ATMOSPHERIC INTERCEPTOR MISSILE

The DRDO has conducted a successful launch of the interceptor missile Advanced Area Defence (AAD) on March 1, 2017 from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. The endo-atmospheric (within the earth’s atmosphere) missile, capable of intercepting incoming targets at altitudes of 15 to 25 km, successfully destroyed the incoming missile. All the mission objectives were successfully met with. The weapon system radars tracked the target and provided the initial guidance to the interceptor which could precisely home on to the target and destroyed it in endoatmospheric layer. Radars and telemetry stations tracked the target and the interceptor till the destruction of the target.