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| Air Defence System's first phase successful | | Missile interception system to be weaponised | |
NEW DELHI, DEC 5
It is official: Successfully tested missile interception system will be weaponised and deployed within four years. After the success of the first phase of the Air Defence System, the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) is now working on the second phase. In that phase a news and faster missile will be tested.
While in the last month's test from Wheeler Island near Chandipur, two stage missile called 'PAD' was used to intercept and destroy the 'enemy' missile. In the new test, a one stage missile with a better indigenous device and faster manoeuvrability will be tested.
In the first test, the missile was intercepted at an altitude of 50km and in the second, to be conducted in four months time, the 'enemy' missile will be intercepted at a lower altitude of below 30km. This, according to offical information, is being done to increase the killing probability of India's intercepting missile and leave no leakage in the Air Defence System.
This new missile will also be able to target the aircraft. The 5 MAC speed of this missile will be very close to hypersonic threshold. Powerful long-range tracking radar is the only component of this system, which was developed with the help of another country and all other system configurations were developed within the country without any outside help.
The system will involve firing of five intercepting missile - two seconds after each other - to ensure that the incoming missile is engaged and destroyed without leaving any chance. The success rate of all these missiles against an incoming missile would be 99.8 per cent.
The production of one such missile will cost Rs 60 million and the country is oficially stated to possess the ability to produce 200 such missiles every year. So far the government has not decided, who would be responsible for managing this Air Defence System after its deployment. But generally, such systems are handed over to the Indian Air Force.
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