India on Wednesday carried out a crucial check to validate and showcase its ballistic missile defence (BMD) capabilities to intercept long-range missiles, the defence ministry stated.
The Defence Analysis and Growth Organisation (DRDO) efficiently examined for the primary time a long-range interceptor missile, known as AD-1, designed for each low exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric interception of ballistic missiles and fighter planes, officers accustomed to the matter stated.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh described the missile as a “distinctive kind of interceptor” outfitted with superior applied sciences obtainable solely with just a few international locations.
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India has made vital advances in growing endo-atmospheric and exo-atmospheric intercept methods to destroy incoming hostile missiles inside and out of doors the atmospheric limits, respectively. The 2 methods have been built-in for a multi-layered defence in opposition to ballistic missiles, the officers stated.
The phase-II BMD interceptor AD-1 missile with a “giant kill altitude bracket” was examined from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. “The flight check was carried out with participation of all BMD weapon system components positioned at completely different geographical places,” the ministry stated in a press release.
India is pursuing its BMD programme in two phases – the primary section has been accomplished whereas the second is underway, the officers stated. The second section is for validating intercept methods in a brand new vary class, they stated.
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The AD-1 missile is propelled by a two-stage strong motor and outfitted with an indigenously-developed superior management system, and navigation and steering algorithm to exactly information the car to the goal, the ministry stated.
“In the course of the flight check, all of the sub-systems carried out as per expectations and had been validated by the information captured by quite a lot of vary sensors together with radar, telemetry and electro-optical monitoring stations deployed to seize the flight information.”
The defence minister stated the brand new missile will additional strengthen the nation’s BMD functionality to the subsequent degree, whilst DRDO chief Samir V Kamat stated the interceptor will present immense operational flexibility to the customers to have interaction several types of targets.
The built-in exo and endo-atmospheric methods supply a hit-to-kill chance of 99.8 per cent, as beforehand reported.