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The DRDO is looking at testing the enhanced version of the Exo Atmospheric Interceptor, PAD Missile, in June-July this year.

“The earlier PAD Missile, tested in November 2006, which had a 600 km range has now been enhanced to intercept a target fired from a 1,500 km to 2,000 km. It had a kill altitude of 47 km, which has now been enhanced to between 75 and 90 km,” Mr Adalat Ali, Deputy Project Director of the Air Defence Project, said.

The DRDO wants to develop an interceptor for a missile fired from a 5,000 km range which would require a kill altitude of 250 km by 2011-12.

Earlier, the Defence Minister visited the missile lab- Research Centre Imarat (RCI), saw an exhibition on missile development and addressed the scientists of the various DRDO labs in Hyderabad.