India successfully tests indigenous interceptor missile
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, March 6, IRNA -- India on Friday successfully tested an indigenous interceptor missile that destroyed an incoming "enemy" ballistic missile at an altitude of 80 km, an official said.
During the test, an 'enemy' missile which was a modified version of the "Dhanush" (Archery) surface-to-surface missile was fired from a naval ship in the Bay of Bengal to simulate the terminal phase of the flight of a ballistic missile with a range of 1,500 km.
As the incoming missile neared the Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast, a Prithvi air defence missile was launched to intercept it at an altitude of about 80 km and kill it, IANS reported quoting official sources.
The test was part of the Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) effort to put in place a ballistic missile shield.
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