India on Friday successfully test fired an interceptor missile to establish a ballistic missile defence shield as part of network-centric warfare.
It was tested from the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island near Dhamra off Orissa coast.
A modifeid ”Dhanush” or the naval version of Prithvi, was test fired from a naval ship INS Rajput anchored inside the Bay of Bengal at around four in the evening.
When it zeroed in on wheeler island of Dhamara coast, a Prithvi Air Defence missile, with a range of 1,500 km, similar to Pakistan’s Ghauri, intercepted the incoming missile at an altitude of 70-80 kms five minutes later.
The interceptor missile has been successfully test fired twice earlier.
