<p>The AAD missile is capable of destroying any hostile ballistic missile at low altitude situation, defence sources said on Saturday.<br /><br />Range integration work at the ITR for the proposed trial is complete and the test is likely to be conducted on Sunday, they said.<br /><br />The target missile, a modified indigenously built 'Prithvi' posing as an enemy missile, would first be lifted off from a mobile launcher from the ITR at Chandipur-on-sea and the interceptor AAD missile using a radio frequency seeker on-board would be blasted off from Wheeler Island about 70 km across the sea from Chandipur.<br /><br />The missile would destroy the target in mid air over Bay of Bengal. The interception is to take place at low altitude, the sources added. <br /><br />The seven-meter-long ADD interceptor is a single stage solid rocket-propelled guided missile, equipped with an inertial navigation system, a hi-tech computer and an electro-mechanical activator totally under command by the data up linked from the sophisticated ground based radars to the interceptor, defence sources said.<br /><br />The interceptor missile has its own mobile launcher, secure data link for interception, independent tracking and homing capabilities and its own radars, they said.<br /><br />Balasore district administration have made arrangements to temporarily evacuate about 600 families from five hamlets residing within 2 km radius of launch pad-3 of the ITR at Chandipur to nearby shelter camps as a security measure, official sources said.</p>
<p>The AAD missile is capable of destroying any hostile ballistic missile at low altitude situation, defence sources said on Saturday.<br /><br />Range integration work at the ITR for the proposed trial is complete and the test is likely to be conducted on Sunday, they said.<br /><br />The target missile, a modified indigenously built 'Prithvi' posing as an enemy missile, would first be lifted off from a mobile launcher from the ITR at Chandipur-on-sea and the interceptor AAD missile using a radio frequency seeker on-board would be blasted off from Wheeler Island about 70 km across the sea from Chandipur.<br /><br />The missile would destroy the target in mid air over Bay of Bengal. The interception is to take place at low altitude, the sources added. <br /><br />The seven-meter-long ADD interceptor is a single stage solid rocket-propelled guided missile, equipped with an inertial navigation system, a hi-tech computer and an electro-mechanical activator totally under command by the data up linked from the sophisticated ground based radars to the interceptor, defence sources said.<br /><br />The interceptor missile has its own mobile launcher, secure data link for interception, independent tracking and homing capabilities and its own radars, they said.<br /><br />Balasore district administration have made arrangements to temporarily evacuate about 600 families from five hamlets residing within 2 km radius of launch pad-3 of the ITR at Chandipur to nearby shelter camps as a security measure, official sources said.</p>