“The First ever test of the Indian Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Missile, conducted on 6 December, 2007 from DRDO’s Integrated Test Range (ITR), Wheeler’s Island, Chandipur-on-Sea. The AAD is an endo-atmospheric anti-ballistic missile system that can intercept incoming ballistic at altitudes up to 30 km. in this test, the AAD intercepted the incoming missile at an altitude of 15 km. Image is a cropped version of Image:AAD Launch.jpg.” 26 January 2008. Source: http://frontierindia.net/album/main.php?g2_itemId=41, Copyright to Frontier India Defence and Strategic News Service (FIDSNS) (website). Author: Sniperz11. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 India license. Accessed August 13, 2018, via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AAD_Launch_Crop.jpg.

On August 2, India tested its Ballistic Missile Interceptor Advanced Area Defence (AAD) at its Integrated Test Range on Abdul Kalam Island, off the Odisha coast. According to a Ministry of Defence press release, “One target among simultaneously incoming multiple targets was selected on real time, the weapon system radars tracked the target and the missile locked on to it and intercepted the target with a high degree of accuracy.” This is the sixth test of the AAD interceptor, which was most recently tested in December 2017. The missile used in this most recent test has not yet been identified, although The Diplomat‘s Franz-Stefan Gady posits the Agni-2 as a possibility.

Related Links:

Ballistic Missile Interceptor AAD Successfully Flight Tested, Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Release ID: 181451
India’s Advanced Air Defense Interceptor Shoots Down Ballistic Missile Target in Test, The Diplomat
Supersonic Interceptor Missile Test Fired off Odisha Coast, Economic Times