NEW DELHI: India has developed missile defense shield which can be put in place at short notice to protect at least two cities, bringing the country on par with an elite group of few nations.
The shield, developed by DRDO, has been tested successfully and an incoming ballistic missile with the range of up to 2,000 kms can be destroyed. The system is to be upgraded to the range of 5,000 kms by 2016.
"The Ballistic Missile Defense shield is now mature... We are ready to put phase one in place and it can be put in very short time," DRDO chief VK Saraswat told PTI in an interview.
He said the shield, as part of phase one of the program, can be put in place at two places in the country, where the infrastructure is available. However, the two places have not yet been identified and the selection will be made at the political level.
The DRDO used variants of Prithvi missiles as simulated targets and successfully intercepted missiles in test-firings.
"We have carried out six successful launches and demonstrated the capability for 2,000 km targets... We have demonstrated it in two layers that is endo-atmospheric (inside the Earth's atmosphere) and exo-atmospheric (outside the Earth's atmosphere)," Saraswat said.
He said all the elements such as long-range radars and tracking devices, real-time data -link and mission control system required for the missile system have been "realized" successfully.
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