The Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme is an initiative to develop and deploy a multi-layered ballistic missile defence system to protect from ballistic missile attacks

About the System Mechsanisim

The two-tiered BMD System consists of the PAD, which will intercept missiles at exo-atmospheric altitudes of 50–80 km (31–50 mi) and the AAD missile for interception at endo-atmospheric altitudes of up to 30 km (19 mi)

. The deployed system would consist of many launch vehicles, radars, Launch Control Centres (LCC) and the Mission Control Centre (MCC). All these are geographically distributed and connected by a secure communication networ


Deployment

According to scientist V K Saraswat of DRDO the missiles will work in tandem to ensure a hit probability of 99.8 percent.

On 6 May 2012, Dr V K Saraswat confirmed that Phase-I is complete and can be deployed to protect two Indian cities at a short notice.

He also added that Phase-I is comparable to PAC-3 system.[36][43] New Delhi, the national capital, and Mumbai, have been selected for the ballistic missile defence shield


Technical Specification

Specifications
Weight 1,200 kg (2,600 lb)
Length 7.5 m (25 ft)
Diameter <0.5 m (1.6 ft)
Detonation

mechanism
Kinetic Kill (Hit-to-Kill)
Engine Single Stage[18]
Propellant Solid fuel

Flight ceiling
30 km (19 mi)

SAM operational range = 150 km (93 mi) - 200 km (120 mi)
Speed Mach 4.5