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2010-03-15 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2010-03-15 11:50|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#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|| 2010-03-15 16:52|| Front Page Top

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