India Claims Success in Missile Defense

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News report in chronological order:

(1) India successfully test-fires interceptor missile.

Press Trust of India, July 27, 2010.
http://www.ptinews.com/news/817902_India-successfully-test-fires-interceptor-missile-

Note:
(a) Because India's time is ahead of us in US, the above news was released
yesterday (by Eastern Daily Time).
(b) The "prithvi" is Sanskrit for "earth."
(c) For location of Wheeler Island, see

Wheeler Island Missile Test Facility. Globalsecurity.com
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/india/wheeler-imagery.htm

(d) For Chandipur-on-sea. see

Chandipur, Orissa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandipur,_Orissa


(2) Vivek Raghuvanshi, In Test, Indian Air Defense System Is On Target.
Defense News, July 27, 2010.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4723364&c=AIR&s=TOP
("A PAD interceptor missile struck an incoming target missile at an altitude
of 15 kilometers")


My comment: In comparison:

MIM-104 Patriot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot

* from the table:
Propellant     Solid-fuel rocket
Operational range   PAC - 2: 70-160? km; PAC - 3: 15 km
Flight altitude   79,500 feet (24,200 m)
Speed     Mach 5.0
Guidance system    Radio command with Track Via Missile semi-active homing

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