New Delhi: India has efficiently carried out the maiden flight trial of an endo-atmospheric interceptor missile from a ship off the coast of Odisha within the Bay of Bengal as a part of its bold ballistic missile defence programme. The defence ministry mentioned the aim of the trial of the sea-based missile on Friday was to interact and neutralise a hostile ballistic missile risk, thereby elevating India into an elite membership of countries having such a functionality.
The BMDs are able to intercepting incoming long-range nuclear missiles and hostile plane together with AWACS (airborne warning and management techniques).
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the Indian Navy and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the profitable demonstration of the capabilities of the ship-based ballistic missile defence (BMD) system.
“The DRDO and the Indian Navy successfully conducted a maiden flight trial of sea-based endo-atmospheric interceptor missile off the coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal on April 21,” the ministry mentioned in an announcement.
It mentioned the DRDO has already efficiently demonstrated the capabilities of land-based BMD system to neutralise ballistic missile threats, rising from adversaries.
“The purpose of the trial was to engage and neutralize a hostile ballistic missile threat thereby elevating India into the elite club of nations having naval BMD capability,” it mentioned.
India has been creating capabilities to intercept hostile ballistic missiles each inside and out of doors the earth’s atmospheric limits.
The endo-atmospheric missiles are those that function throughout the earth’s ambiance that covers an altitude beneath 100 kilometers. The exo-atmospheric missiles are able to finishing missions within the upper-most area of the earth’s ambiance, based on consultants.
The vary of the missile defence system examined on Friday isn’t instantly recognized.
In November, India efficiently carried out the maiden flight-test of phase-II ballistic missile defence interceptor AD-1 that’s able to partaking many several types of targets.
