After the aborted mission, Defence scientists are planning a fresh test of the country’s newly developed Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile in June.This time, a new target missile will be used for the test.
While its planned trial on Sunday was put off after the interceptor missile developed a technical snag in one of its sub-systems in the last minute, Monday’s trial had to be aborted as the target missile `Prithvi’ could not reach the pre-designated altitude leading to its deviation from the coordinated path. “The DRDO is contemplating to realise a new target missile during the proposed fresh test in June. The snag in the interceptor has, however, been rectified,” said a defence official here on Wednesday.
The scientists involved in the mission are still analysing the cause of deviation of the target missile `Prithvi.’ “The missile could not reach its required altitude of 110 km. It reached a height of nearly 65 km and spiralled down into the Bay of Bengal after travelling 27 km.When the missile failed to come into the kill zone of the interceptor missile, no ignition was given for the interceptor to take off from the Wheeler Island,” said a scientist.
The DRDO authorities claimed that the target missile lost its trajectory and that is why they could not anticipate the velocity with which it came down.
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