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India tests missile defence system successfully
Balasore (Orissa), Mar 6 (PTI) Ramping up its efforts to operationalise an indigenous Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) shield, India today successfully tested the 'Prithvi' Air Defence (PAD) missile for the third time in just over two years.
"It is a hat trick," exclaimed DRDO Chief Controller Research and Development (Missile and Strategic Systems) Dr V K Saraswat, seconds after the PAD hit the incoming target missile during the tests in the Bay of Bengal off Orissa coast.
The interceptor PAD missile, which was launched from a mobile launcher placed in the Wheeler Island's Integrated Test Range, destroyed the target missile -- surface-to-surface 'Dhanush' in this case -- at an altitude of 75-km in the sky, Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar, who witnessed the test through a video conferencing facility at the DRDO headquarters in New Delhi, said.
The modified 'Dhanush', posing as "enemy" missile with a simulated range of about 1100 km and guided by an inertial navigation system, was first fired by Navy warship INS Shubadhra, anchored about 70 nautical miles from Dhamra in the Orissa coast, at around 4.20 pm.
Just two minutes later, the BMD system's radars picked up the signal of the "enemy" missile and 40 seconds later the PAD missile was fired to destroy the incoming missile. PTI
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0...56?OpenDocument
The Hindu : Front Page : Interceptor does it again
As the single-stage Dhanush, 9.4 metres tall and weighing 4.5 tonnes, lifted off at 4.17 p.m. from the ship located 150 km away from the Wheeler Island, radars at Konark and Paradip in Orissa tracked it 50 seconds into its flight. The Mission Control Centre (the MCC) on the island also received information about it.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090307/jsp/...ry_10637329.jsp
The target was a two-stage Dhanush missile launched from an offshore Indian Navy vessel, the INS Sujata, simulating an enemy missile. It was fired vertically and set on trajectory to attack a target in mainland India from the sea.
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Dismissing PAC-3 as "an outdated system'', the scientist said India's BMD system was "20-30% more capable'' than it. He, however, acknowledged the BMD system had received some help from countries like Israel (LRTRs), France (fire-control radars) and Russia (seekers).
Saraswat said the new warhead weighed only around 30 kg but was able to generate the impact that a 150 kg omni-directional warhead could make. He said the new guidance system in the missile allowed it to tackle the maneuvers of enemy's incoming missile and could be used against the Russian Topol M class of missiles, which move in a zig-zag manner. According to Russian sources , Topol-M missile has a range of 7,000 miles (11,000 km), is said to be immune to any current and future U.S. missile defenses. It is capable of making evasive maneuvers to avoid a kill using terminal phase interceptors, and carries targeting countermeasures and decoys. It is also shielded against radiation, electromagnetic pulses and nuclear blasts, and is designed to survive a hit from any known form of laser technology.
India tests missile defence system successfully
Balasore (Orissa), Mar 6 (PTI) Ramping up its efforts to operationalise an indigenous Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) shield, India today successfully tested the 'Prithvi' Air Defence (PAD) missile for the third time in just over two years.
"It is a hat trick," exclaimed DRDO Chief Controller Research and Development (Missile and Strategic Systems) Dr V K Saraswat, seconds after the PAD hit the incoming target missile during the tests in the Bay of Bengal off Orissa coast.
The interceptor PAD missile, which was launched from a mobile launcher placed in the Wheeler Island's Integrated Test Range, destroyed the target missile -- surface-to-surface 'Dhanush' in this case -- at an altitude of 75-km in the sky, Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar, who witnessed the test through a video conferencing facility at the DRDO headquarters in New Delhi, said.
The modified 'Dhanush', posing as "enemy" missile with a simulated range of about 1100 km and guided by an inertial navigation system, was first fired by Navy warship INS Shubadhra, anchored about 70 nautical miles from Dhamra in the Orissa coast, at around 4.20 pm.
Just two minutes later, the BMD system's radars picked up the signal of the "enemy" missile and 40 seconds later the PAD missile was fired to destroy the incoming missile. PTI
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0...56?OpenDocument
The Hindu : Front Page : Interceptor does it again
As the single-stage Dhanush, 9.4 metres tall and weighing 4.5 tonnes, lifted off at 4.17 p.m. from the ship located 150 km away from the Wheeler Island, radars at Konark and Paradip in Orissa tracked it 50 seconds into its flight. The Mission Control Centre (the MCC) on the island also received information about it.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090307/jsp/...ry_10637329.jsp
The target was a two-stage Dhanush missile launched from an offshore Indian Navy vessel, the INS Sujata, simulating an enemy missile. It was fired vertically and set on trajectory to attack a target in mainland India from the sea.
DRDO claims that PAC-3 "an outdated system'' While Indian BMD system can tackle Russian Topol M class of missiles
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncate..._100164598.html
Indian Ballistic Missile better than American
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India-k...how/4247009.cms
Dismissing PAC-3 as "an outdated system'', the scientist said India's BMD system was "20-30% more capable'' than it. He, however, acknowledged the BMD system had received some help from countries like Israel (LRTRs), France (fire-control radars) and Russia (seekers).
Saraswat said the new warhead weighed only around 30 kg but was able to generate the impact that a 150 kg omni-directional warhead could make. He said the new guidance system in the missile allowed it to tackle the maneuvers of enemy's incoming missile and could be used against the Russian Topol M class of missiles, which move in a zig-zag manner. According to Russian sources , Topol-M missile has a range of 7,000 miles (11,000 km), is said to be immune to any current and future U.S. missile defenses. It is capable of making evasive maneuvers to avoid a kill using terminal phase interceptors, and carries targeting countermeasures and decoys. It is also shielded against radiation, electromagnetic pulses and nuclear blasts, and is designed to survive a hit from any known form of laser technology.