India will take another step towards developing a ballistic missile defence (BMD) system in the next few days when it tests an 'interceptor' against an 'incoming enemy' missile over the Bay of Bengal.
The fledgling two-tier BMD system being developed by DRDO, capable of tracking and destroying hostile missiles both inside (endo) and outside(exo) the earth's atmosphere has already been tested two times.
The impending third test from the Wheeler Island of Orissa's coast will be that of an 'exo-atmospheric' hypersonic interceptor missile, which will take on 'a longer range enemy' missile, in the 2,000 km class, at an altitude of around 80-km this time.
After the third test, DRDO plans to test both the 'exo' and 'endo' interceptor missiles together in an integrated mode by September -October.
With this development, India will gate-crash into a very exclusive club of only countries like U.S., Russia and Israel.
It's like stopping a bullet by hitting it with another bullet. Even the U.S. is still to master it completely' said a scientist.
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