The Interceptor Missile AAD launched by the Scientists of DRDO from Wheeler’s Island, Odisha successfully destroyed the i...
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Odisha successfully destroyed the incoming Ballistic Missile at an altitude of 15 Kms.
The interception took place at 1252hrs.
The target missile, a modified version of Prithvi, mimicking the enemy’s ballistic missile, was launchedfrom Launch Complex III, Chandipur.
Long Range Radar and MFC Radar located far away could detect the Missile from take‐off and tracked it through its entire path.
The total trajectory of the incoming Missile was continuously estimated by the guidance computer and subsequently the AAD Missile was launched at an appropriate time to counter and kill the ballistic missile.
The Ring Laser Gyro based Navigation System in Target, Fibre Optic Gyro based INS in Interceptor, Onboard computers, Guidance systems, Actuation Systems and the critical RF Seekers used for the terminal phase have performed excellently.
The AAD Missile system initially guided by Inertial Navigation system was continuously getting update of the target position by the
Radar through a data link.
The Radio Frequency (RF) seeker tracked the
Missile & Onboard computer guided the Missile towards the Target Missile and hit the target.
The Radio Proximity Fuse (RPF) exploded the
warhead thereby destroying the target missile
completely.
In this mission, a special feature of intercepting multiple target with multiple interceptor was
demonstrated successfully.
An electronic target with a range of 1500 Kms waslaunched and the Radars picked up the targetmissile, tracked the target missile subsequently & launched an electronic interceptor missile.
This electronic interceptor missile destroyed the
electronic target missile at an altitude of 120Kms.
All the four missiles were tracked by the Radars and all the guidance and launch computers operated in full operational mode for handling
multiple targets with multiple interceptor.
All the four missiles were in the sky simultaneouslyand both the interceptions took place near simultaneously.
This has proved the capability of DRDO to handle multiple targets with multiple interceptors simultaneously.
The complete Radar Systems, Communication
Networks, Launch Computers, Target update Systems and state of the art Avionics have been completely proven in this Mission.
