BALASORE: The stage is set for a crucial developmental trial of AAD interceptor missile. The missile in its full operational configuration will be test-fired from the Wheeler’s Island off the Odisha coast on Friday.
A defence official said the endo-atmospheric interceptor would be test launched between 9 am and 10 am. “Preparation and range integration have been completed. The missile will be fired in time as per the schedule if weather favours,” he said.
The missile is a part of India’s most ambitious Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) programme which has two stages of interceptors - exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric.
Defence sources said the AAD interceptor will kill a target missile, launched a couple of minutes prior to it, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur. A modified version of Prithvi missile will mimic the target missile.
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