New Delhi: India successfully flight-tested the second phase of its ballistic missile defense system, which is capable of defending against hostile missiles with a range of 5,000 km. The missile defense system was tested at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, Odisha, and it fully met all the trial objectives, validating the complete network-centric warfare weapon system, the Defense Ministry said.
The target missile was launched at 1620 hours mimicking an adversary ballistic missile, which was detected by weapon system radars deployed on land and sea and activated the interceptor system.
"The Phase-II AD Endo-atmospheric missile was launched from LC-III at ITR, Chandipur at 1624 hrs," the ministry said. The phase-II AD endo-atmospheric missile is an indigenously developed two-stage solid propelled ground-launched missile system meant for neutralizing many types of enemy ballistic missile threats in the altitude bracket of endo to low exo-atmospheric regions.
The Ministry said the flight test fully met all the trial objectives validating a complete network-centric warfare weapon system consisting of long-range sensors, low latency communication system, and advanced interceptor missiles.
