India tests BMD system as interceptor destroys incoming missile

BHUBANESWAR: India’s efforts to develop a robust multi-layered Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) shield received a significant boost with the advanced area defence (AD) interceptor successfully destroying an incoming ballistic missile in the endo-atmospheric region over the Bay of Bengal.

Defence sources stated that the low-altitude supersonic interceptor missile, fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, successfully intercepted the target missile launched from Abdul Kalam Island at an altitude of less than 15 km. This was part of the Phase-II BMD system indigenously developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

“The target was launched from launching complex-IV at 4.20 pm mimicking an adversary ballistic missile, which was detected by weapon system radars deployed on land and sea and activated the AD interceptor system, which was fired from LC-III at 4.24 pm. The interceptor destroyed the target as coordinated,” said the sources.