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India test-fires interceptor missile

March 7, 2009
As part of building a domestic ballistic missile Defence system, India has successfully test-fired its homegrown interceptor missile.

The third interceptor, tested from Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island in Orissa, destroyed an incoming decoy ballistic missile. The two-stage Interceptor Missile fitted with advanced systems hit the target 'enemy' missile at an altitude of 75 kilometers.

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