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Posted on 03/06/2009 6:25:50 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
NEW DELHI: India has successfully tested an indigenous interceptor missile that destroyed an incoming "enemy" ballistic missile at an altitude of 80 km, an official said.
During the test, an 'enemy' missile which was a modified version of the Dhanush surface-to-surface missile was fired from a naval ship in the Bay of Bengal to simulate the terminal phase of the flight of a ballistic missile with a range of 1,500 km.
As the incoming missile neared the Wheeler Island test facility off the Orissa coast, a Prithvi air defence missile was launched to intercept it at an altitude of about 80 km and kill it, the official added.
The test was part of the Defence Research and Development Organisation's effort to put in place a ballistic missile shield.
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This is great news. It helps put pressure on an unstable Pakistan to give up their nuclear weapons.
Yeah, but Obama will tell the Indians that they have to stop their missile defense program. /sarc
Wonder if they will laugh at him like the Russians did?
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