| In yet another confirmation of India’s Ballistic Missile Defence capability, it fired an interceptor missile on Sunday which intercepted an incoming “enemy” ballistic missile at an altitude of 16 km and pulverised it in “a direct kill.” While the “hostile” missile took off at 9.32 a.m. from a launch complex at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Orissa, the interceptor rose at 9.37 a.m. from the Wheeler Island, off the Orissa coast and smashed into the target. The interceptor had a specially designed directional warhead, “which looked at the target and caused the maximum damage.” The attacker ended up in a shower of fragments over the Bay of Bengal, “confirming a very good kill.” Both the missiles were made by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). |
