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NEW DELHI: India has developed missile defence absorber which can be put in abode at abbreviate apprehension to assure at atomic two cities, bringing the country on par with an aristocratic accumulation of few nations.

The shield, developed by DRDO, has been activated auspiciously and an admission ballistic missile with the ambit of up to 2,000 kms can be destroyed. The arrangement is to be upgraded to the ambit of 5,000 kms by 2016.

"The Ballistic Missile Defence absorber is now mature... We are accessible to put appearance one in abode and it can be put in actual abbreviate time," DRDO arch VK Saraswat told PTI in an interview.

He said the shield, as allotment of appearance one of the programme, can be put in abode at two places in the country, area the basement is available. However, the two places accept not yet been articular and the alternative will be fabricated at the political level.

The DRDO acclimated variants of Prithvi missiles as apish targets and auspiciously intercepted missiles in test-firings.

"We accept agitated out six acknowledged launches and approved the adequacy for 2,000 km targets... We accept approved it in two layers that is endo-atmospheric (inside the Earth's atmosphere) and exo-atmospheric (outside the Earth's atmosphere)," Saraswat said.

He said all the elements such as all-embracing radars and tracking devices, real-time datalink and mission ascendancy arrangement appropriate for the missile arrangement accept been "realised" successfully.

Under the appearance two of the project, the arch defence analysis bureau would advancement the arrangement to handle ballistic missiles with ambit of 5,000 km. This appearance is accepted to be accessible by 2016.