India's supersonic interceptor missile hits target

BHUBANESWAR: India on Wednesday once again proved its prowess in development of indigenous supersonic interceptor by successfully test-firing the self-defence missile from the Abdul Kalam Island, off Odisha coast.

The missile capable of destroying incoming enemy ballistic missiles at low altitude met all its mission objectives. It was flight-tested by DRDO in the presence of senior scientists and officials of the



Strategic Forces Command.

This is the second time that the missile was test-fired in less than a month and is part of an effort to put in place a multi-layer missile defence system.

On February 11, an incoming hostile ballistic missile target was successfully intercepted at high altitude, above 50 km of the earth's atmosphere by an exo-atmospheric interceptor missile off the Odisha coast.