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AAD interceptor missile successfully test-fired
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Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile dubbed as Ashwin was successfully test-fired from launching complex-IV of Dhamara Abdul Kalam defence base off Odisha coast. The test assed missiles killing capability by intercepting a target, mimicking an incoming enemy missile in mid-air. The success of test has boosted Indias position in the exclusive club of AAD countries United States, Russia and Israel.
Key Facts
The interceptor missile is a 7.5-metre-long single stage solid rocket propelled guided missile. It is equipped with a navigation system, a hi-tech computer, inertial navigation system and an electro-mechanical activator. It can destroy the incoming hostile ballistic missile in the endo-atmospheric region (less than 30 km altitude) at a low altitude of less than 30 kms. It has its own mobile launcher, secure data link for interception, independent tracking and homing capabilities and sophisticated radars,
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