NEW DELHI — Following a successful test-firing of its Advanced Air Defense (AAD) system, India says it is likely to deploy its first ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield in 2014. The indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile, launched from a defense base in India’s eastern state of Odisha, hit an incoming ballistic missile target at around 12:52 a.m. local time Nov. 23, according to Ravi Gupta, an official at the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
NEW DELHI — Russia is likely to carry out fresh sea trials of INS Vikramaditya next April, after a failed propulsion trial of the refurbished aircraft carrier further delayed the delivery to India until the last quarter of 2013.
