India conducts maiden test of sea-based ballistic missile defence system

The test of the `endo-atmospheric interceptor missile’ from a warship was conducted by the DRDO and Navy off the Odisha coast in the Bay of Bengal on Friday. “The trial’s purpose was to engage and neutralize a hostile ballistic missile threat, thereby elevating India into the elite club of nations having naval BMD capability,” the defence ministry said on Saturday.

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