Interceptor missile designed to destroy enemy missiles successfully tested

[Bl[i]tZ]

Just in: Interceptor missile designed to destroy enemy missiles successfully tested off Odisha coast: NDTV

( Detailed news posted below by sudhir007 and indianspetsnaz )

Heartiest Congratulations to

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Some background

“Defence Research and Development Organisation” (DRDO) is developing for India an Air Defense System, based on two different interceptor missiles:

Prithvi Air Defense interceptor (PAD)
Advanced Air Defense interceptor (AAD

Prithvi Air Defense (PAD/PADM) interceptor​

The Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) is an anti-ballistic missile developed to intercept incoming ballistic missiles outside of the atmosphere (exo-atmospheric). Based on the Prithvi missile, PAD is a two stage missile with a maximum interception altitude of 80 km. The missile is 10.0 m long, 1.1 m in diameter, and weighs 4,958 kg.

The first stage is a liquid fuelled motor while the second stage is solid fuelled. It has maneuver gas-thrusters which can generate a lateral acceleration. Guidance is provided by an intertial navigation system with mid-course updates from LRTR and active radar homing in the terminal phase. PAD has capability to engage the 300 to 2,000 km class of ballistic missiles at a speed of Mach 5.

The advanced interceptor PADM weighs 5,200 kg and is armed with a "kill vehicle" which is equipped with a innovative system to allow the missile to maneuver. The "kill vehicle" has additional a small solid fuelled motor.

Advanced Air Defense (AAD) interceptor​

Advanced Air Defence (AAD) is an anti-ballistic missile designed to intercept incoming ballistic missiles in the endo-atmosphere at an altitude of 30 km. AAD is single stage, solid fuelled missile. Guidance is similar to that of PAD: It has an inertial navigation system, midcourse updates from ground based radar and active radar homing in the terminal phase. It is 7.5 m (25 ft) tall, weighs around 1.2 t and a diameter of less than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in).

This was the seventh interceptor mission and the fifth endo-atmospheric interception. Six of the tests to date have been successful, including the first three in a row.



Date.................Interceptor........Prithvi Target........Launch site
*06.12.2007........PAD-02..............TGT-02............Chandipur T.R.
*06.03.2009........PAD-03.............Dhanush-04...........Ship
*15.03.2010........AAD-1................TGT-03............Chandipur T.R.
*24.09.2010........PAD-04 (PADM)..TGT-04............Chandipur T.R.
*26.07.2010........AAD-2................TGT-05............Chandipur T.R.
*06.03.2011........PAD-05 (PADM).Dhanush-05.......... Ship
*02.10.2012........AAD-3 ................?????.............Chandipur T.R.


Courtesy - N. Brügge, Germany

 

[sudhir007]

good news

 

[Yeti]

Brilliant news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im so happy

 

[indianspetsnaz]

which one AAD or PAD?

 

[Yeti]

which one AAD or PAD?

Must have been AAD im hoping anyway

 

[sudhir007]

India successfully tests interceptor missile
India has successfully test fired an interceptor missile capable of destroying enemy missiles.

The missile was test fired off the Odisha coast today.

More details are awaited.

 

[Yeti]

So far no reports coming in guess we have to wait

 

[Bl[i]tZ]

So far no reports coming in guess we have to wait

Sudhir just posted with the link. Let me quote his post.

India successfully tests interceptor missile
India has successfully test fired an interceptor missile capable of destroying enemy missiles.

The missile was test fired off the Odisha coast today.

More details are awaited.

 

[Yeti]

Sudhir just posted with the link. Let me quote his post.

I know but thats not details its just the breaking headline but more will follow

---------- Post added at 05:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:24 AM ----------

Soon after the modified surface-to-surface target missile, Prithvi, is launched from Chandipur, an Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile will take off from Wheeler Island to intercept and destroy the incoming projectile, which, after reaching a height of 100 km, will start descending.

Upon Prithvi's launch, the Long-Range Tracking Radars near Puri will start tracking the target. A little later, the Multi Functional Radars located near seaport town Paradip will detect and track the missile and provide data for the guidance computer. This will compute the flight path of the target missile and launch the interceptor at the right time. The interceptor computes the optimal path for the missile to hit the target. In the terminal phase, the radiofrequency seeker will track the target and enable the interceptor to home in on to the target.

 

[sudhir007]

news is also flashing in TOI

 

[Jason bourne]

missing some friends

 

[indianspetsnaz]

times now is saying interceptor missile was test fired successfully a little bit after 9am this morning off the Orissa coast.

 

[chanikya]

Congrats to all brothers

 

[indianspetsnaz]

India successfully test-fires missile interceptor - The Times of India


BHUBANESWAR: India on Friday tested a ballistic missile interceptor from a defence base in Odisha to create a shield against incoming enemy missiles, a senior defence official said.

The indigenous Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile was fired from Wheeler Island off the state coast near Dhamra in Bhadrak district, about 170 km from here.

It successfully destroyed an incoming ballistic missile - a modified variant of the Prithvi fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur on sea in Balasore district, about 70 km away from Wheeler Island.

"The interceptor directly hit the target and destroyed it," SP Dash, director of the test range, said. The interceptor was fired a few minutes after the target missile was fired.

 

[Jason bourne]