India today successfully conducted trial of an interceptor missile from Odisha coast off Bay of Bengal.

The trial was conducted as part of country's plan to deploy a reliable two-layer ballistic missile Defence, BMD system.

India's indigenously developed surface-to-surface ballistic missile ‘Prithvi’ was engaged as hostile vehicle from launch complex number 3 of Integrated Test Range, ITR in Chandipore of Balasore district in Odisha at 10.13 this morning for the endo-atmospheric test of the
interceptor.

The interceptor was fired at 10.16, only three minutes of the 'Prithvi' firing from launch complex number 4 of ITR in Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. The interceptor successfully hit Prithvi in mid-air over Bay of Bengal. The last interceptor was successfully conducted from the same site on 6th of March last year.