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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Indian Govt to close down Trishul anti-missile programme

Government has decided to close down the country's Trishul anti-missile programme due to consistent failure in guidance and control systems, officials said

The closure to be enforced from December would come after 19 years of attempts to master the art of incoming missile interception.

The project is estimated to have cost over Rs 250 crore.

"Government intends to close down the programme by December", officials said about the programme, in which over 200 scientists had toiled, as they said the missile was "consistently having problems on guidance and control systems".

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