[quote="ramana"]Rocky one more
[url=
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_ ... }Hindustan Times take[/url]
Looks like each guy picked up something different. And SLIME shows thru.
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DRDO to test new interceptor missile
Rahul Singh
New Delhi, December 2, 2006
Buoyed by the success of its new missile tentatively dubbed 'PAD' which successfully intercepted a modified Prithvi missile off the Orissa coast on November 27, DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) scientists are busy setting the stage for the launch of yet another interceptor missile. This one’s called `
AAD.’
The 'PAD,' with a speed of 1,600 metres per second, had intercepted the short-range Prithvi ballistic missile and blown it into smithereens at an altitude of 50 km, signalling that India had the basic building blocks for an exo-atmospheric intercept system.
{I heard 80kms from the CBN video. Could be range}
The 'AAD', an endo-atmospheric interceptor missile will engage a Prithvi, simulating a hostile missile but within the atmospheric limits, at an altitude of 30 km.
{Should have video of this one}
Dr VK Saraswat, chief controller, R&D and programme director (air defence), DRDO, said on Saturday the `AAD’ would be tested within four months.
"The intent is to develop exo and endo-atmospheric intercept systems for achieving hit-to-kill probability of 99.8 per cent," said Saraswat, the high-flying DRDO scientist steering India’s ballistic missile defence (BMD) programme.
While the two-stage `PAD’ uses the propulsion system of the Prithvi, the newest missile is not "Prithvi-derived and is an altogether new interceptor missile."
Making a presentation on the November 27 test, Saraswat said the country had developed the technology required to configure a BMD system and "a very good beginningâ€