India carries out maiden flight-test of ballistic missile defence interceptor

• Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the maiden flight-test of phase-II ballistic missile defence interceptor AD-1 missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on November 2.

• The flight-test was carried out with participation of all ballistic missile defence (BMD) weapon system elements located at different geographical locations.

• AD-1 is a long-range interceptor missile designed for both low exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric interception of long-range ballistic missiles as well as aircraft.

• It is propelled by a two-stage solid motor and equipped with an  indigenously-developed advanced control system, navigation and guidance algorithm to precisely guide the vehicle to the target.

• During the flight-test, all the sub-systems performed as per expectations and were validated by the data captured by a number of range sensors including radar, telemetry and electro-optical tracking stations deployed to capture the flight data.

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