Range should be above 1500kms or even more than that. Also, despite the above it's amazing that some people still don't believe that Phase 1 is operational, lol.BMD radar complex, wonder how much is the range.
So, AD-2 won't have any ground based launchers
What about missiles coming from over/across the Himalayas? How are they supposed to be intercepted by Indian Navy
Maybe the Cmdr was saying from naval use pov, I mean its very hard to consider DRDO making only naval launch of AD-2 when we face that threat from the east exclusively. If exo-atmospheric ICBMs are needed to be shot down it will almost certainly come from both the eastern part & chinese subs maybe?
Exactly. US has both Naval plus Ground based BMD systems. Our Ad-1 and AD-2 should also be both ground and ship based. Only making it Navy specific doesn't make any sense, IMO.
There is a higher chance that we will be having dedicated BMD vessels in form of NGD.
As new missiles are starting to come alive, the UVLS will also slowly start taking shape.
Yes very much. Remember that survey ship launched last year? This was in the making for a pretty longtime. The very first BMD idea was to have it on land and also sea. Next stage is space based laser BMD mounted on RLV.