India's AAD Interceptor missile fails to take off
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, March 15, IRNA -- India’s new Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile, capable of destroying hostile missiles, Monday encountered coordination problem and failed to take off during a planned launch from the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast.
"Coordinated exercise between target missile Prithvi from Chandipur and the indigenously built interceptor from Wheeler Island could not take place properly during the planned trial," PTI reported quoting defence sources.
Though Prithvi - the target missile - was test-fired at 10.02 hrs from a mobile launcher from ITR's launch complex-3 at Chandipur-on-sea, 15 km from here, the interceptor missile failed to blast off, they said. Though the exact reason behind interceptor missile's failure to take off was yet to be ascertained, preliminary analysis suggested that the target missile might have deviated from its stipulated trajectory, leading to lack of proper coordination, the sources said.
The trial, aimed at developing a multi-layer Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system, was originally scheduled to be held yesterday from the two different sites of the ITR but had to be put off due to some technical snag in a sub-system at Wheeler Island, they said. Wheeler Island is located about 70 km across the sea from Chandipur and the AAD missile was to intercept the target at an altitude of 15 to 20 km over the sea.
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End News / IRNA / News Code 1013303
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