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India launched an upgraded version of its interceptor missile against an electronically simulated target missile over the Bay of Bengal, according to a report published on The Hindu website.
The anti-ballistic missile also called as AAD (Advanced Air Defence), was launched from the A P J Abdul Kalam Island, formerly known as Wheeler Island.
The launch of the target missile were simulated electronically and upon receiving its coordinates, the interceptor missile, travelling at supersonic speed, engaged and destroyed the virtual target mid-flight in the endo-atmospheric — inside the Earth's atmosphere or below 40 kiometres.
India plans to deploy the Ballistic Missile Defence system to protect important cities and from incoming attacks. Among the two phases, first phase seeks to destroy incoming missiles of 2,000 km range, while the second phase envisages killing incoming missiles of more than 2,000 km.
Read: India test-fires interceptor missile
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Sunday said it had conducted 11 interceptor missile tests. Eight missions were in endo-atmosphere, the remaining were in exo-atmosphere. Nine of the missions had been successful.
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Nov 23, 2015 01:21pm
Great achievements
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Nov 23, 2015 01:25pm
Good going. Successes strengthen confidence
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Nov 23, 2015 01:33pm
World leader in technology.
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Nov 23, 2015 01:42pm
Really great achievement and must congratulate DRDO for the same!
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Nov 23, 2015 01:49pm
India's missile defense system consists of two interceptor missiles - The Prithvi Air defense ( PAD) and the Advanced Air Defense ( AAD). The two-tiered shield should be able to intercept any incoming missile launched 5,000 kilometres away. They can provide comprehensive defense against enemy ballistic missile attack. With this, India became the 4th nation after US, Russia and Israel to have a Ballistic Missile Defense system.
Since cruise missiles behave a lot like low altitude combat aircrafts, the Anti Aircraft Akash missile can be used to shoot them down. Also, India can import the highly effective Israeli weapon, David's Sling, as a cruise missile defense system.
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Nov 23, 2015 01:53pm
These are critical scientific developments in the process of building an impenetrable Ballistic Missile shield. The Indian program is one of the most advanced in the world because the technology it uses is very different. Once this missile shield is perfected and operationalized, the blackmail and bluff of countries threatening to use nuclear weapons will be called and threat neutralized.
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Nov 23, 2015 01:56pm
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As per my understanding an anti aircraft missile system that is designed take down aircraft and cruise missiles can be deployed to take on a ballistic missile target flying down in to its range, but a Missile defense system that is designed to be a ballistic missile shield cannot be used to take on a Cruise missile which flies more like a conventional aircraft!!
In a ballistic missile shield target tracking happens very early and immediately after the launch of the ballistic missile and most of the ballistic missiles in use today are known to have fixed ballistic trajectory with very minimal in-flight maneuvers!!
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Nov 23, 2015 01:57pm
AAD and PAD are great indigenously developed anti ballistic missiles. After its deployment in near future ( up to 2020) Indian air defence will be highly secured. In recent interview DRDO chief has said that it can be even deployed on short notice in case of any emergency situation. Great achievement.. Hail DRDO...
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Nov 23, 2015 01:59pm
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India has very good short range anti aircraft missile system called Akash which has a effective range of 25-30 kms can take on aircrafts, drones and cruise missiles
India is working with Israel to develop the Barack-8 medium range surface to air missiles (SAM) to be deployed on-board Indian navy's ships whose effective range is between 80 - 100 kms. Once the development is done, An air force version might also be developed to protect vital land installations.
India is in process to acquire the quite advanced long range SAM S-400 Triump anti-missile system from Russia and deal may be concluded by this year end. Maximum range of the interceptor is 400km and it can take on incoming ballistic missiles also in addition to aircrafts, drones and cruise missiles.
This is Present state against Ballistic and cruise missiles
Yes Prithivi anti ballistic missile shield is promising system but will take some to fine tune system to reliably take on the incoming ballistic missiles.
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Nov 23, 2015 02:02pm
9 out of 11 were successful! That's a great ratio. Only 5 countries in the world has a good anti-ballistic missile defence system and India is one of them.
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Nov 23, 2015 02:06pm
@feroz programme is ambitious and impressive in test phase. but the country you are referring has doctrine of using tactical nuclear devices as defensive weapons (dropped on enemy forces which occupy our territory). so technically a smart nuclear weapon fired from a howtizer r mobile launcher have nothing to do with this doctrine. waste more taxpayer money, buy iron dome too from israel.
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Nov 23, 2015 02:11pm
Like Mars mission this will be successful too. Than no country can ever threaten India with any kind of nukes.
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Nov 23, 2015 02:13pm
awacs and sukhoi and 7 different kinds of Sam can take care of slow cruise missiles .balastic missile was real threat but now with pad and aad system it not .infact Indian awacs are so powerful that it can fry electronic circuits of any cruise missiles
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Nov 23, 2015 02:13pm
It is myth that one can destroy ballistic missile, not even patriot have been able to achieve it. India should invest more on this project we will be happy and Indians will be happy, win win for all
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Nov 23, 2015 02:22pm
@ayush Sweet Dreams but it is not a reality
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Nov 23, 2015 02:22pm
@Feroz Sweet Dreams
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Nov 23, 2015 02:31pm
Sanctions have shown India to go indegeneious. We will suceed Inshallah
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Nov 23, 2015 02:41pm
If pakistan was planning or not but now it won't take long before pakistan will also succeed with this technology and inshallah with much better results like Nuclear bomb.
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Nov 23, 2015 02:46pm
M a Pakistani and I am Happy because soon Pakistan will too make and test such missiles. as both countries in defense are getting stronger and stronger ...at least we both are getting stronger than other part of the world...
nd About war between both ??? Yes both countries will not fight ever anymore bcs war will lead them no where but for massive disastrous to both ...nd they knew it. at least now.
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Nov 23, 2015 02:58pm
waiting for similar news from Pakistan!
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Nov 23, 2015 03:06pm
It is just a show to send message to Pakistan that we shall not be threatened by your incoming system so that they may push Pakistan more against the wall.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:08pm
@Naveed khan Yes you may be able to keep up with the defence spending, but your economy is falling far behind. Focus on your education and not building more weapons.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:11pm
American having spent hundreds of billions of dollars and with top of the notch available technological base could not perfect missile shield. For rest of the world it is still a far cry, money can best be spent on poverty alleviation, health and education.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:13pm
@Naveed khan Nice comment.... Good heart from India.... We need to learn how to live peacefully...
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Nov 23, 2015 03:17pm
Whatever India does, it will be way behind Pakistan as we are doing R & D with China and will always be ahead.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:18pm
it still has a good 3-4 years to go...the validations are still not complex but the great thing is, when it is done it will be the lowest cost defensive weapon in the world.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:21pm
Tamil scientists are the majority people who work in ISRO,DRDO and others, India should do more to establish colleges all over the country that impart skills for joining these esteemed organisations as future of our nation depends on people with skills and knowledge to make country strong both economically and technologically.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:24pm
Pakistan also should develop missile shielding system which neutralize the present imbalance.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:27pm
India has to be ahead and always strive to be in top league as we are neighbors to China the next super power and China should know that it cannot take India lightly and we have deadly weapons and any misadventure will cost it dearly , thus keeping India safe from external aggression , so China is trying to weaken India internally by funding naxals,Maoists and others , India has to be vigilant always.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:28pm
@Mehak Gulab We have and don't worry we will always be two steps ahead of India.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:30pm
@tamil Yes without the brilliance of Tamil scientists India would not have reached Mars or developed strong defense ability, we are very thankful to people of Tamil Nadu for producing brilliant people and due to them we are safe today.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:32pm
India buying S-400 this year...it can destroy any missile kms away plus even stealth planes.
As S-500 is under development so India buying only few s-400.
S-400 is only Russian weapon that even US media and think tanks say best in the world.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:33pm
Well the pioneers in ABM technology both US and Israel have failed miserably with havoc runs across Israel when a home made rocket is shot at them. They then reply with bombing schools. And US couldn't save Kuwait from Iraqi scuds. We should wish in both countries interests that these are only used for chest thumping purposes only.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:35pm
@Zak , you are right with China, with Russia, with America, with Saudi etc..Stand on your own..
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Nov 23, 2015 03:42pm
To stop Spy Pigeons
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Nov 23, 2015 03:45pm
Hearty congratulation to DRDO for achieving this milestone
@tamil -Those who are working in ISRO and DRDO are called as "INDIAN" scientists There is no such thing called TAMIL scientists ,Kashmiri scientist bla bla bla.
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Nov 23, 2015 03:52pm
@Angry Pitbull We have to spread this knowledge among people of different regions of India which now is concentrated primarily in the south, all Indians should learn this knowledge.
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Nov 23, 2015 04:04pm
@Pak Khan intelligent people dont made fun of others instead aplly their brain in constructive work.
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Nov 23, 2015 04:06pm
@Zak your a wonderful person.
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Nov 23, 2015 04:31pm
@Zak ...Indian Space technology is way ahead of any country in Asia. In fact the mars mission proved better than USA also as our cost was only INR 9.50/km ...far less than the millions of USD that Nasa spent. And most EU countries are using Indian Rockets to to station their satelites in space. This eartns India tremendous revenue in USD.
Therefore one can say and feel happy that they are ahead, but the facts are there for all to see.
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Nov 23, 2015 04:34pm
@sana that is the dream of all Pakistanis to catch up with India and do as well in the economic sector. We wish Pakistan people all the best.
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Nov 23, 2015 04:35pm
I am not convinced that the success of this intercept missile is newsworthy. The real news item will be when India tests Barack 9, the next version of the Israeli Barack 8 system that can take care of multiple missiles. The 9 version is being developed jointly by India & Israel in India. Barack 8 system was developed by Israel with the US money. A few years ago China wanted to purchase Israeli anti-missiles but US vetoed the sale. Obviously, the USA has no objection to Indo-Israeli development or, perhaps , one should say Indo-US-Israeli development of anti-missile systems.
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Nov 23, 2015 04:44pm
@tamil I'm a tamilian too and don't understand why bring in tamil issue here.Bharat mata ki jai.
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Nov 23, 2015 04:47pm
@Sunil Varma Indian Space technology is way ahead of any country in Asia. In fact the mars mission proved better than USA
Mars mission would not have been possible without US help ,do you know India does not have deep space network and relied on US assistance to maneuver the satellite and position it in Mars Atmosphere, NASA did most of the work and India got kudos.
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Nov 23, 2015 04:52pm
Great achievement. but I think we, the people of India & Pakistan, need jobs. First of all give us the basic needs of life.
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Nov 23, 2015 04:57pm
@Zak I agree, US is very helpful to India and more reliable ally than Russia and is not jealous of Indian achievements like UK.
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Nov 23, 2015 04:58pm
@Zak any chinese made product available around the globe is of low quality and cheap
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Nov 23, 2015 05:01pm
Missile shields were failed even before their practical appearance. Multiple Entry Vehicles (MEVs) have finished the concept of missile shield long ago. Further for a big land mass like India, it is just waste of money.
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Nov 23, 2015 05:01pm
@tamil I'm from the south too, but you are really silly to make such irrelevant comments!!!
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Nov 23, 2015 05:17pm
@Zak - In my last trip of train, I fixed the broken tap of toilet in train with the help of shopping bags to avoid shortage of water. The train bogey is giving to us by china and we are struggling to maintain it.
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Nov 23, 2015 06:02pm
9 out off 11 woow, and in exo-atmosphere.. good going. this is desperately required to protect Great civilian of nation.
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Nov 23, 2015 06:04pm
@Shahid
America in the twenty first century is not producing scientists and engineers in the required quantity or desired quality. It is heavily dependent on imported talent to maintain its lead in the technology space. India is producing approx 10 million Scientists and Engineers every year, more than half the countries in the world combined. Even accepting that 95% are duds, it still leaves an awfully big number of capable and very talented science pool.
Indian investment in Defense and Research even today remains paltry, however its human resources remain top class. Foreign Universities, Research Institutions and global MNC's are continuously poaching from this talent pool, lucky that the country throws up many more to replace the losses.
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Nov 23, 2015 06:24pm
congrats DRDO scientists :) you are too catching up with ISRO... Feel proud to be INDIAN :)
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Nov 23, 2015 07:23pm
@tamil Angry pitbull is right.I am an Indian first and being a south Indian does not matter.Do not be parochial.
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Nov 23, 2015 09:40pm
@Zak perception in india about chinees goods, if any newly product crush or not function properly people think it must would be chinees product.
Chinees product has made negative thinking. Ofcourse Chinees product is cheap.
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Nov 23, 2015 10:11pm
@Zak, What if the manual to operate is written in Chinese, Lol !
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Nov 23, 2015 11:42pm
For the gloaters just one reminder about the STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE better termed as STAR WARS in the 1980s. The US couldn't be sure of it's impenetrable BMD shield with its much touted project that would make nuclear offensive weapons "impotent and obsolete"; now we Indians are going gaga over God knows what advanced technology we have developed, when the flight warning time from a Pakistani/Chinese incoming missile is way too small compared to the 30 minutes warning time between between the Superpowes of the Cold War era....
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Nov 23, 2015 11:59pm
@Zak
India have a deep space network since 2008.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) set up a Deep Space Network (DSN) centre in Byalalu. One of the main advantages of having the DSN at Byalalu was its saucer-like shape that would help in blocking radio frequency disturbances. The DSN was initially set up to track Chandrayaan I, India's first lunar mission; as of September 2014, it is being used to track the ongoing Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), known as Mangalyaan.
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Nov 24, 2015 12:09am
@zak being patriotic is good, but blind is bad. Over confidence despite not having enough will bring us down. Be honest to yourself and the country. Salam. Pakistan Zindabad.
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Nov 24, 2015 01:25am
Those Tamils who claim they are "Indians first" usually belong to Tamil Brahmin community who are plain BJP supporters. This is a fact. Characters like Subramaniam Swamy, Cho Ramaswamy, etc are prime examples.
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Nov 24, 2015 02:15am
so can they now kill pakistan's warheads in the air?
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Nov 24, 2015 03:11am
@max To you ? What India is celebrating is reality, you are assuming.
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Nov 24, 2015 04:03am
I wish the same amount of money both countries are madly spending at showing teeth to eachother can be spent for the betterment of common people...an educated mind will be more helpful for a peaceful society than to invest in things that are meant for destruction only...yet i am amazed we fall for political vicious and the rulers keep on playing with our minds by inculcating a sense of enmity...the one that falls is an an educated mind too...
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Nov 24, 2015 05:04am
@tamil Iam also from South.Please take pride in contribution as a Tamil, but please don't talk in a way in which you say all other Indians are something less than you.Please be proud about the achievement s an Indian too.
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Nov 24, 2015 05:09am
I am an Indian but don't support all this bragging. Bragging is a sign of insecurity.
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Nov 24, 2015 06:53am
@Shahid
Missile defense has many phases , this is one of the phase. US, Russia already have this defense shields .
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Nov 24, 2015 08:15am
The advanced interceptors and destroyers can lead to a neighboring country targeting India to target itself instead . The best battles are won when the enemy can be motivated to self destruct and is a quote from chanakya rann neethi .
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Nov 24, 2015 08:17am
@sana yes in illeteracy poverty agrees
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Nov 24, 2015 08:22am
@Kamran Abdul Jabbbar haha
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Nov 24, 2015 08:59am
@Naveed Alam Khattak : Those science and tech workers have jobs!
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Nov 24, 2015 09:49am
@Zak ha ha ha
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Nov 24, 2015 09:59am
@Feroz And if Pakistan were to patch up with India, they could also benefit from the Indian educational system.
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Nov 24, 2015 10:05am
@Mehak Gulab India has a no first use policy. These interceptors protect the Indian defence. They are not offensive weapons.
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Nov 24, 2015 10:30am
@Zak Do you know that India does have a deep space network and your (mis)information is blatantly false. The NASA help was needed because we needed round the clock monitoring of the Vehicle as it was being raised in the Earth's orbit and during its path when it was on the other side of the earth, NASA was a natural partner. Fact.
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Nov 24, 2015 10:35am
Wonder what will Pakistan do when its nuclear arsenal becomes obsolete due to this technology.
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Nov 24, 2015 10:37am
@Einstein Babar That was a long time ago. Ever heard of word 'progress'?
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Nov 25, 2015 09:22am
An interceptor missile is, by definiton, defensive, no?
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Nov 25, 2015 10:14am
@Dr. Farooq Khan This was a message to China, not Pakistan.
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Nov 26, 2015 08:05pm
@indian
Reliability is a relative term. America or for that matter no country can be permanent friend or adversary. India has been trying to replace Pakistan as America's close ally and has eventually succeeded in creating a wedge thanks to the changing geo political scenario and commercial consideration. It won't hesitate to abandon India should that become necessary.
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