NEW DELHI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy on Friday successfully conducted the maiden flight trial of sea-based endo-atmospheric interceptor missile off Odisha in the Bay of Bengal.
The purpose of the trial was to engage and neutralise a hostile ballistic missile threat thereby elevating India into the elite club of nations having naval ballistic missile defence (BMD) capability, the ministry of defence said in a statement.
Earlier, the DRDO had successfully demonstrated land-based BMD system with capability to neutralise ballistic missile threats, emerging from adversaries.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, Indian Navy and all others involved in the successful demonstration of the trial.
Dr Samir V Kamat, DRDO chairman, complimented the teams involved in the design and development of the missile.
He said that nation has achieved self-reliance in developing highly-complex network-centric anti-ballistic missile systems.