India successfully conducted a Prithvi interceptor missile test from Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha, achieving a major milestone in developing a two-layer Ballistic Missile Defence system.
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The Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme is an initiative to deploy a defence system to protect from ballistic missile attacks.
it is a double-tiered system consisting of two land and sea-based interceptor missiles, namely the Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) missile for high altitude interception, and the Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Missile for lower altitude interception.
The two-tiered shield should be able to intercept any incoming missile launched from 5,000 kilometres away.
The Prithvi Defence Vehicle mission is for engaging targets at an altitude of above 50 km of the earth’s atmosphere.
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