India hails missile shield test a success
- Published: 10/02/2012 at 11:32 PM
- Online news: Asia
India successfully tested on Friday an interceptor defence shield developed to detect and destroy incoming ballistic missiles, a government official said.
Indian army soldiers fire air defence missiles during joint Army and Air Force exercises in 2008. India has successfully tested an interceptor defence shield developed to detect and destroy incoming ballistic missiles, a government official said.
Officials from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said an indigenously developed interceptor missile locked on to the targets, two nuclear-capable missiles, and destroyed them in a test in eastern India.
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