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India closer to missile defence system

NDTV Correspondent

Thursday, December 06, 2007, (New Delhi)

India's defence scientists conducted an anti-ballistic missile test on Thursday.

An Indian missile was fired from the Orissa coast to bring down a hostile missile. It brings India one step closer to developing a full fledged missile defence system.

"As a system which can be deployed for covering a specific area, I think it will still take five-seven years depending on the complexity but I can say that the essential technology is now in place," said M Natarajan, Chief, Defence Research &, Development Organisation.

The target missile was fired first from a mobile launcher at 11:00 AM from Chandipur-on-sea.

Two minutes and 40 seconds later, the interceptor was fired from Wheeler's Island, a 130 km away.

The hostile missile was destroyed, according to defence jargon, in a 'copy book fashion' about 15 km above the Bay of Bengal.

With this success, India joins the select group of countries like USA, Russia and Israel, which have this technological capability.

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Posted By Manish -Friday, December 07, 2007

its really nice to see that we are developing the things that we only thought before.