Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence System was successfully flown tested by the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) on Wednesday from an Integrated Test Range off the coast of Odisha. The test proved India’s indigenous capacity to defend against ballistic missiles of the 5,000 km class, the ministry stated in a statement.
“The Target Missile was launched from LC-IV Dhamra at 1620 hrs mimicking adversary Ballistic Missile, which was detected by weapon system radars deployed on land and sea and activated the AD Interceptor system. The Phase-II AD Endo-atmospheric missile was launched from LC-III at ITR, Chandipur at 1624 hrs. The flight test fully met all the trial objectives validating complete network-centric warfare weapon system consisting of Long Range Sensors, low latency communication system and MCC and Advance Interceptor missiles,” the statement added.
According to the statement, range tracking sensors installed at different places, including a ship, monitored the missile’s performance based on flight data. According to the statement, the Phase-II AD Endo-atmospheric missile is a two-stage, solid-propelled, ground-launched missile system that was created domestically. Its purpose is to neutralize various adversary ballistic missile threats in the endo-to-low exo-atmospheric height range.
The system includes a number of cutting-edge indigenous technology created by several DRDO labs. The successful flight test has once again shown the nation’s capacity to defend against ballistic missiles, according to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
