Daily Current Affairs Update: 24th April, 2023

Ballistic missile interceptor

Recently, The DRDO and Indian Navy successfully conducted a maiden flight trial of sea-based endo-atmospheric interceptor missile off the coast of Odisha.
India entered an elite club of nations with the capability to fire a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) interceptor from a naval platform.
Prior to this, DRDO has successfully demonstrated land-based ballistic missile defence system with capability to neutralize ballistic missile threats, emerging from adversaries.

Two-tires of BMD system

Prithvi Air Defence missile

It was originally tested in 2006 and is capable of intercepting and destroying missiles at exo-atmospheric altitudes ranging from 50 to 180 kilometres.
The Pradyumna interceptor has already replaced the Prithvi Air Defence BMD.
Exo-atmospheric missiles are capable of completing missions in the Earth's upper atmosphere.

Advanced Air Defence Missile

The second layer is Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Missile for lower altitude interception.
It was first tested in 2007 and designed to knock down hostile missiles in the endo-atmosphere at altitudes of 15-40 KM.
The endo-atmospheric missiles are the ones that operate within the earth's atmosphere that covers an altitude below 100 KM.

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