DRDO tests exo-atmospheric ballistic missile interception
New Delhi, Feb 11: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Saturday successfully tested an exo-atmospheric missile interception as part of the ballistic missile defence programme, sources informed.
At 7.45 a.m., on the east coast of India, an incoming missile was successfully intercepted at a height of 100 kms with a direct hit by an interceptor missile, said a top DRDO official.
The interceptor is based on the nuclear-capable Prithvi Missile.
IANS
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