The target missile, a modified version of Prithvi, mimicking the
enemy’s ballistic missile, was launched from Launch Complex III, Chandipur.
Long Range Radar and MFC Radar located far away could detect the Missile from
take-off and tracked it through its entire path. The total trajectory of the
incoming Missile was continuously estimated by the guidance computer and
subsequently the AAD Missile was launched at an appropriate time to counter and
kill the ballistic missile.
The Ring Laser Gyro
based Navigation System in Target, Fibre Optic Gyro based INS in Interceptor,
Onboard computers, Guidance systems, Actuation Systems and the critical RF
Seekers used for the terminal phase have performed excellently. The AAD Missile
system initially guided by Inertial Navigation system was continuously getting
update of the target position by the Radar through a data link. The Radio
Frequency (RF) seeker tracked the Missile & Onboard computer guided the
Missile towards the Target Missile and hit the target. The Radio Proximity Fuse
(RPF) exploded the warhead thereby destroying the target missile completely.
In this mission, a
special feature of intercepting multiple target with multiple interceptor was
demonstrated successfully. An electronic target with a range of 1500 Kms was
launched and the Radars picked up the target missile, tracked the target
missile subsequently & launched an electronic interceptor missile. This
electronic interceptor missile destroyed the electronic target missile at an
altitude of 120 Kms. All the four missiles were tracked by the Radars and all
the guidance and launch computers operated in full operational mode for
handling multiple targets with multiple interceptor. All the four missiles were
in the sky simultaneously and both the interceptions took place near
simultaneously. This has proved the capability of DRDO to handle multiple
targets with multiple interceptors simultaneously. The complete Radar Systems,
Communication Networks, Launch Computers, Target update Systems and state of
the art Avionics have been completely proven in this Mission.