By Syed Akbar
The Mission Control Centre
for the AAD interceptor trial held on 10th February 2012 was deployed in
Master-Slave configuration at DRDO Hyderabad and Wheeler Island, Orissa to
ensure high availability with built in fault tolerance at each location.
The Mission Control Centre of the Indian BMD programme is
one of the most advanced, automated net-centric Command and Control systems in
the world.
The Master MCC located more than a thousand kilometer away
at Hyderabad from the Missile test range, received the target data in real time
from multiple weapon system radars. The
complete Air Situation Picture during the BMD trial was provided to the MCC
commander using advanced data fusion and target classification techniques.
After the classification of the target as an enemy Ballistic
missile, Mission Control Centre issued engagement orders to the AAD Launch
Centre located at Wheeler island in Dhamra.
The complete engagement sequence from target detection to
destruction was controlled by Mission Control Centre in net-centric mode of
operation. The interceptor missile
lifted off from Wheeler island destroying the target at an altitude of 15 km.
The AAD Trial has successfully demonstrated complete
functionality in deployment
configuration of Mission Control Centre for the Ballistic Missile Defence
Programme.
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