page_title: Missile defense
section_title: Missile defense categories
hierarchical_section_title: Missile defense / Missile defense categories
caption_attribution_description: The First ever test of the Indian Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Missile, conducted on 6 December, 2007 from DRDO's Integrated Test Range (ITR), Wheeler's Island, Chandipur-on-Sea. The AAD is an endo-atmospheric anti-ballistic missile system that can intercept incoming ballistic at altitudes up to 30 km. in this test, the AAD intercepted the incoming missile at an altitude of 15 km. Image is a cropped version of Image:AAD Launch.jpg
context_page_description: Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defense against nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged non-nuclear tactical and theater missiles.
  The United States, Russia, China, India, Israel, France, and Taiwan have all developed such air defense systems. In the United States, missile defense was originally the responsibility of the U.S. Army. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has developed maritime systems and command and control that will eventually be transferred to the Navy and Air Force for operation and sustainment.
context_section_description: Missile defense can be divided into categories based on various characteristics: type/range of missile intercepted, the trajectory phase where the intercept occurs, and whether intercepted inside or outside the Earth's atmosphere:
caption: India's Advanced Air Defense (AAD) endo-atmospheric anti-ballistic missile
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