India has successfully demonstrated a multi-layered ballistic missile defence capability against long-range threats and carried out the maiden flight test of the Naval Anti-Ship Missile-Medium Range, marking a major advance in indigenous defence technology.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation conducted three consecutive flight tests on June 10 and 11 to demonstrate protection against long-range ballistic missiles and anti-ship capability at medium range, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Friday.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said DRDO had “successfully demonstrated multiple crucial technologies” that bolster the nation’s defence capabilities against different types of enemy threats.
The multi-layered Ballistic Missile Defence capability was successfully demonstrated, with the interceptors engaging their respective targets.
The systems have been designed and developed with latest technologies to address emerging missile threats.
“These tests have put India in elite group of nations having Ballistic Missile Defence capabilities to engage Ballistic Missiles up to ICBMs,” Singh said.
The trials are significant because they validate India’s ability to deploy a layered shield, where different interceptor systems can be used to counter incoming missile threats at different stages of flight.
DRDO also successfully carried out the maiden flight test of the Naval Anti-Ship Missile-Medium Range.
The test demonstrated India’s anti-ship capability at medium range and adds to the country’s growing family of indigenous naval strike systems.
India has been working on both ballistic missile defence and naval anti-ship missile systems in phases. In November 2022, DRDO conducted the maiden flight test of the Phase-II BMD interceptor AD-1, while in February 2025 DRDO and the Indian Navy carried out successful flight trials of the Naval Anti-Ship Missile-Short Range from a Sea King helicopter.
The latest tests indicate further progress in strengthening India’s air, missile and maritime defence architecture at a time when long-range missiles, stand-off weapons and naval threats are becoming central to modern warfare.
Senior officials from DRDO and the armed forces witnessed the flight tests. Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and DRDO Chairman Rajesh Kumar Singh closely monitored the trials and appreciated the combined efforts of DRDO and industry.
The successful demonstrations are expected to give a further push to India’s self-reliance drive in advanced defence systems, especially in missile interception and precision naval strike technologies.
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