Which of the following statements about Advanced Air Defence or AAD sytem of India is are correct 1 ...........

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Which of the following statements about Advanced Air Defence or AAD sytem of India is/are correct?

1. The AAD system consist of two anti-ballistic missile systems – Aakash AAD and Prithvi AAD.

2. The Aakash AAD is an anti-ballistic missile for endo atmosphere and Prithvi is anti-ballistic missile defense for exo-atmosphere.

3. Prithvi missile is a supersonic missile indigenously developed.

Choose the correct alternative:

1 and 2 only

1 and 3 only

2 and 3 only

1, 2 and 3

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Explanation:

Indigenously developed Prithvi Advanced Air Defence supersonic interceptor missile was successfully test-fired from a test range in Odisha. It is capable of destroying any incoming ballistic missile in low altitude i.e. endo-atmosphere or less than 30 kilometer altitude. The other segment of AAD is Aakash Air Defense which targets exo-atmosphere. Hence, second statement is incorrect.