The interceptor missile test off the Orissa coast ran into serious trouble on Monday, because co-ordination between Launch Pad 3 and Launch Pad 4 used for the exercise failed.
According to sources, a modified version of Prithvi was fired from Launch Pad 3 at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, at 10:02 am. However, the interceptor, which was to take off from Launch Pad 4 located on Wheeler's Island, did not respond.
Sources say that's because the Prithvi apparently deviated from its path, and the interceptor missile's radars failed to pick up its flight
. The interceptor missile's systems therefore did not get activated.
The test, originally scheduled for March 14, was put off at the last minute due to 'some technical snag'.
This was the fourth test of the indigenously-devel
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