BMD missile successfully tested

The indigenous its Advanced Air Defence ( AAD) interceptor missile was successfully test launched against an incoming ballistic missile at its terminal stage at endo-atmospheric altitude. The test was held on 1 March 2017 and was the second within a month. Earlier on 11 February 2017, an incoming hostile ballistic missile target was also intercepted at high altitude by an exo- atmospheric interceptor missile some 50km above the earth’s atmosphere. The target was a Prithvi missile launched from the test range at Chandipur in Odisha, while the AAD interceptor was launched four minutes later from Wheeler Island in the Bay of Bengal. The AAD interceptor, fired from a mobile launcher, was a single-stage missile with a navigation system, a high-tech computer, an electro-mechanical activator and independent tracking and homing capabilities.