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2012.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The new Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Avinash Chander has recently said that phase-I of the indigenous ballistic missile defence (BMD) programme is over and the missile shield is ready for the protection of New Delhi, the capital of India. Phase I is for interception of 2,000km range enemy missiles, and phase II for killing 5,000km range missiles. This implies that the BMD technology demonstrator phase is over and the DRDO would ask for additional massive funds to deploy the actual weapon system. This spectacular news has reached China and Pakistan; Chinese scholars are comparing it with their own indigenous BMD programme and Pakistan would use this to further justify increased production of more ballistic and cruise missiles, and fissile material.
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