India successfully tested ballistic missile interception system

India's anti-ballistic missile defense system can detect missiles immediately after launch and intercept them at an altitude of 50 km.

BMD is an ambitious project of the Indian army. Photo: Examveda

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) announced on February 11 that the country's military had successfully tested its ballistic missile defence (BMD) system. The system destroyed a simulated target at an altitude beyond the atmosphere in a test off the coast of Odisha state, eastern India.

A test of India's BMD system

The simulated target was a ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km, launched from a warship in the Bay of Bengal. To intercept the target, the BMD system used various warning and reconnaissance complexes.

After receiving a warning from the reconnaissance radar about the ballistic missile being launched, the computer calculates the trajectory of the missile, then fires the system. The interceptor missile flies to an altitude of over 50 km, turns on the infrared seeker to search, approach and destroy the target.

Ballistic missile interception is a very complex technology, in the world today only a few countries with strong military and economic potential have the ability to research and develop. India is investing heavily in research to be able to join the club of countries that possess intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as have advanced missile interception capabilities.

According to VNE