Air Defense Missile Digest

摘要

This digest provides a compilation of short reports on two categories of air defense missiles: legacy systems which may still be in service but are no longer in production, and future programs which are under discussion but have not yet received enough funding to merit a full report. India has begun pursuing ballistic missile defense effort under its AAD (Advanced Air Defense) program. Development of the BMD system began in 1999 by the state DRDO research organization involving numerous Indian firms including Bha-rat Electronics Ltd and Bharat Dynamics Ltd, The program is based on a two-tier defense including the Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) with the Pradyumna Ballistic Missile Interceptor for exo-atmospheric interception, and the Advanced Air Defence (AAD) with Ashwin Ballistic Missile Interceptor for endo-atmospheric interception.