Indian Missile News And Discussion

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[quote name='Arun_S' date='02 March 2010 - 10:43 PM' timestamp='1267549545' post='104715']

[url="http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article124552.ece"]DRDO to conduct fourth test of interceptor missile[/url]





Intercepting at 20 Km altitude will be a difficult mission because that late in the engagement game will push the system towards it limits in terms of system accuracy in estimating missile kinematic vector and factor in non-ballistic terminal maneuvering, versus time and lateral acceleration budget available to the ADD interceptor.



Throw in decoys that need to be positively identified and filtered away it will be become very challenging. This first low altitude test will unlikely to see introduction of decoys.

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India has done that before with flying colors!

On 6 December 2007, AAD successfully intercepted a modified Prithvi-II missile acting as an incoming ballistic missile enemy target. The endo-atmospheric interception was carried out at an altitude of 15 km. The interceptor and all the elements performed in a copy book fashion validating the endo-atmospheric layer of BMD System. The launch was also shown through a video link at control room of DRDO Bhawan, Delhi.

AAD with the help of midcourse updates and terminal seeker manoeuvres itself towards the target. AAD makes the direct hit at an altitude of 15 km and at a speed of Mach 4. Radars detected formation of a large number of tracks, signifying that the target had broken into multiple pieces. The thermal cameras located on Wheeler Island also picked up the direct hit through thermal images