DRDO said the targeted missile was launched from launch center IV Dhamra, which mimics enemy ballistic missiles, and was detected by land- and sea-based weapon system radars. Photo courtesy: Special Arrangement
The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on Wednesday successfully conducted a flight test of its Phase II Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, demonstrating its unique ability to defend against 5,000 km class ballistic missiles. The first stage of the BMD, which can intercept ballistic missiles with a range of 2,000 km, has already been deployed.
The first Phase II BMD trial was conducted in November 2022.
DRDO said in a statement, “The target missile was launched from the LC-IV Dhamra at 16:20 imitating an enemy ballistic missile and was detected by radars of land- and sea-based weapon systems and air defense (AD) The interception system was activated.” “The Phase II AD atmospheric missile was fired from LC-III at the General Test Range in Chandipur at 16:24,” it added.
According to DRDO, the flight test met all test objectives of validating a complete network-centric combat weapon system consisting of long-range sensors, low-latency communication system and mission control center, and advanced interceptor missiles. That’s what it means.
“Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO on today’s successful flight test of the Phase II Ballistic Missile Defense System and said the test once again proved our country’s BMD capabilities,” Singh’s office said. mentioned in X.
The missile’s performance was monitored from flight data captured by range tracking equipment such as electro-optical systems, radar and telemetry stations deployed by the General Test Range in Chandipur at various locations, including on board the ship, the statement said.
“Phase II AD exoatmospheric missile is a domestically developed two-stage solid-propulsion ground-launched missile system that is capable of neutralizing the threat of many types of enemy ballistic missiles at altitude ranges from inland to low outer atmosphere. DRDO said. It added that many cutting-edge proprietary technologies developed by various DRDO laboratories have been incorporated into the missile system.
The existing BMD consists of two interceptor missiles, the Prithvi Defense Vehicle for extra-atmospheric ranges and the Advanced Area Defense Missile for intra-atmospheric or low-altitude ranges. BMD is important to protect a country from proliferating long-range ballistic missiles in its vicinity, especially with a no-first-use policy as part of its nuclear policy.
issued – July 25, 2024 2:15 AM IST
