India carried out successful ballistic missile intercept

India test-fired its Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor on May 12 and the missile destroyed a modified Prithvi ballistic missile.

AAD Launch Crop
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The target missile was launched from a ship anchored inside Bay of Bengal at 11:15 a.m. local time and was destroyed in an endo-atmospheric environment by the AAD.