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• Launch of AAD interceptor missile

  February 11, 2017

  India successfully test-fired its home grown Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile from launching complex-IV of Dhamara Abdul Kalam defence base off Odisha coast this morning.

  DRDO sources said, the interceptor is a 7.5-metre-long single stage solid rocket propelled guided missile equipped with a navigation system, a hi-tech computer and an electro-mechanical activator would intercept a target, mimicking an incoming enemy missile, mid-air. Defence sources said today’s test was mainly to assess the weapon’s killing capability.

  The Advanced Air Defence interceptor, dubbed as Ashwin, will destroy the incoming missile in the endo-atmospheric region at a low altitude of less than 30 kilometres. The success of the AAD test will boost India strengthen its position in the exclusive club of US, Russia and Israel.An interceptor missile was launched off the coast of Odisha in the eastern part of India at around 7:45am local time, according to the Times of India. “PDV mission is for engaging the targets in the exo-atmosphere region at an altitude above 50 kilometers of earth’s atmosphere,” a Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) official reported. “Both, the PDV interceptor and the two-stage target missile, were successfully engaged,” he added. India’s Prime Minister Modi welcomed the success, congratulating the scientists on developing the defense system.

  An interceptor missile was launched off the coast of Odisha in the eastern part of India at around 7:45am local time, according to the Times of India. “PDV mission is for engaging the targets in the exo-atmosphere region at an altitude above 50 kilometers of earth’s atmosphere,” a Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) official reported. “Both, the PDV interceptor and the two-stage target missile, were successfully engaged,” he added. India’s Prime Minister Modi welcomed the success, congratulating the scientists on developing the defense system.