BHUBANESWAR (India), Dec 6: India staged a successful missile intercept test over the Bay of Bengal on Thursday after thousands of people were evacuated ahead of the exercise, a defence official said.
The Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile intercepted a modified version of the surface-to-surface Prithvi-1 (earth-1) missile, said a defence official.
“The test was successful,” said another defence official associated with the test.
The weapons were fired from the Chandipur-on-Sea and Wheeler Island testing sites in eastern Orissa state.
More than 5,000 people were evacuated from the Chandipur-on-Sea launch site ahead of the test, officials said.—AFP
