India successfully test-fires indigenously developed Supersonic Interceptor Missile

mangaloretoday news network

New Delhi, Dec 28: India on Thursday joined the elite league of countries having indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile capable of hitting an incoming ballistic missile. The Advanced Air Defence (AAD) system was tested the Chandipur test range in Odisha.

“It was a direct hit and grand success,” Defence sources said after the missile launch which was the third supersonic interceptor test carried out this year.

All You Need to Know:

* The target missile — a Prithvi missile — was launched from launch complex 3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur.

* The interceptor is a 7.5-meter long single stage solid rocket propelled guided missile equipped with a navigation system, a hi-tech computer and an electro-mechanical activator.

* The state-of-the-art interceptor missile has its own mobile launcher, secure data link for interception, independent tracking and homing capabilities and sophisticated radars.

* The earlier two tests were conducted on March 1 and February 11, 2017, as part of efforts to have a full-fledged multi-layer Ballistic Missile Defence system.