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| Indian Missile Defense Test Fails |
| 2010-03-15 |
| India's new Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile, capable of destroying hostile missiles, on Monday encountered coordination problem and failed to take off during a planned launch from the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island off Orissa coast. "Coordinated exercise between target missile Prithvi from Chandipur and the indigenously built interceptor from Wheeler Island could not take place properly during the planned trial," defence sources said. Though Prithvi — the target missile — was test-fired at 10.02 hrs from a mobile launcher from ITR's launch complex-3 at Chandipur-on-sea, 15 km from Balasore, the interceptor missile failed to blast off, they said. Though the exact reason behind interceptor missile's failure to take off was yet to be ascertained, preliminary analysis suggested that the target missile might have deviated from its stipulated trajectory, leading to lack of proper coordination, the sources said. The trial, aimed at developing a multi-layer Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system, was scheduled to be held on Sunday from the two different ITR sites, but had to be put off due to some technical snag in a sub-system at Wheeler Island, they said. Wheeler's Island is located about 70 km across the sea from Chandipur and the AAD missile was to intercept the target at an altitude of 15 to 20 km over the sea. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #1 Balasore (Orissa), Mar 15 (PTI) A planned test for India's indigenous interceptor missile to counter enemy ballistic missiles failed today after the target deviated from its path and plunged into the sea, leading to the trial being aborted. The new Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile that was to be fired from the test range here to intercept the target was ready and all set. But when the target, a Prithvi missile, deviated from its trajectory and fell into the sea, the computerised control mission noticed the unwarranted change of flight path of the incoming and called off the launch of the interceptor, a senior DRDO official said in New Delhi. |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-03-15 16:52 |