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Monday, April 28, 2014

India successfully test fires exo-atmospheric missile interceptor


India successfully test-fired for the first time an exo-atmospheric missile interceptor at a defence base in Odisha Sunday.

The missile operates outside the atmosphere and is part of the country’s efforts to create a shield against an incoming enemy missile at an altitude of over 100 km, a senior defence official said.

The indigenously developed interceptor missile was fired from Wheeler Island off the coast near Dhamra port in Bhadrak district, about 170 km from here.

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