India a step closer to BMD shield, tests supersonic interceptor to shoot down enemy missiles

SOURCE: ZEE MEDIA India on Thursday took a major step towards an indigenous ballistic missile defence (BMD) shield by successfully testing the endo-atmospheric Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile in a multi-target scenario off the Odisha coast. The single stage solid rocket-propelled interceptor missile hit an incoming dummy ‘enemy’ missile at an altitude of 40 […]

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