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Report by Odisha Diary bureau, Bhubaneswar: Supersonic interceptor missile test-fired today from a test range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. New interceptor missile test-fired at 9.11am from a test range in Chandipur.
It should be noted that surface-to-air supersonic indigenously built Akash missile was test fired in quick succession twice at 11.55am and 12pm from integrated test range from Chandipur-on-sea under Balasore district on Saturday.
Both the times the missile targeted a toe body supported by pilot less target aircraft Lakshya and the test was carried out as part of a user trial by the Indian Air Force, defence sources said.
With a strike range of 25 km and warhead carrying capacity of 60 kgs, Akash can target aircraft up to 30 km away and is packed with a battery that can track and attack several targets simultaneously. Experts have compared Akash to the MIM-104 Patriot missile system of USA, defence sources added.
- See more at: India test-fired new Supersonic interceptor missile today from Odisha coast, Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines
India on Sunday successfully test-fired a new interceptor missile capable of neutralising any incoming long-range missile at higher altitude. The interceptor, positioned at launch pad IV of Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore, roared into the sky at about 9.10 am to hit its target.
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The target, mimicking an incoming enemy missile, was first test fired from a naval ship at 9.06 am and after getting signals from the radars, the interceptor went into action.
"The trial was conducted successfully and all the mission objectives were met," DRDO Spokesman Ravi Kumar Gupta told PTI over phone.
The details of the 'kill effect' of the interceptor missile were analysed after retrieving all the data from various radars and telemetry stations, an official said.
Earlier Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which is the premier agency to develop such a sophisticated interceptor, had successfully tested six interceptor missiles developed by it, both in endo-atmosphere (within 30 km altitude above sea level and exo-atmosphere stage (above 30 km altitude).
The Prithvi Air Defence interceptor missile has already demonstrated its killing capability at an altitude of 50 km and 80 km while the Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile has smashed the target missile at an altitude of 15 km to 30 km.
Now the target is to achieve the interception at an altitude of above 100 km of a long range missile,
India successfully test-fires new interceptor missile - Hindustan Times
It should be noted that surface-to-air supersonic indigenously built Akash missile was test fired in quick succession twice at 11.55am and 12pm from integrated test range from Chandipur-on-sea under Balasore district on Saturday.
Both the times the missile targeted a toe body supported by pilot less target aircraft Lakshya and the test was carried out as part of a user trial by the Indian Air Force, defence sources said.
With a strike range of 25 km and warhead carrying capacity of 60 kgs, Akash can target aircraft up to 30 km away and is packed with a battery that can track and attack several targets simultaneously. Experts have compared Akash to the MIM-104 Patriot missile system of USA, defence sources added.
- See more at: India test-fired new Supersonic interceptor missile today from Odisha coast, Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines
India on Sunday successfully test-fired a new interceptor missile capable of neutralising any incoming long-range missile at higher altitude. The interceptor, positioned at launch pad IV of Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore, roared into the sky at about 9.10 am to hit its target.
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The target, mimicking an incoming enemy missile, was first test fired from a naval ship at 9.06 am and after getting signals from the radars, the interceptor went into action.
"The trial was conducted successfully and all the mission objectives were met," DRDO Spokesman Ravi Kumar Gupta told PTI over phone.
The details of the 'kill effect' of the interceptor missile were analysed after retrieving all the data from various radars and telemetry stations, an official said.
Earlier Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which is the premier agency to develop such a sophisticated interceptor, had successfully tested six interceptor missiles developed by it, both in endo-atmosphere (within 30 km altitude above sea level and exo-atmosphere stage (above 30 km altitude).
The Prithvi Air Defence interceptor missile has already demonstrated its killing capability at an altitude of 50 km and 80 km while the Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile has smashed the target missile at an altitude of 15 km to 30 km.
Now the target is to achieve the interception at an altitude of above 100 km of a long range missile,
India successfully test-fires new interceptor missile - Hindustan Times
