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India successfully test-fires missile
interceptor
Friday February 10, 2012 11:51:10 AM,
IANS
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Bhubaneswar:
India 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," S.P.
Dash, director of the test range, told IANS. The interceptor was
fired a few minutes after the target missile was fired.
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