DRDO Anti-Radiation Missile G. Satheesh Reddy, the missile will feature a millimeter wave seeker capable of lock-on before launch and lock-on after launch modes. The missile picks up the radiation or signals of radars and communication facilities and homes on to the targets to destroy them. Instead of thrust propulsion, the missile uses dual pulse propulsion system just like Barak-8/LR-SAM. The benefit of dual pulse propulsion is that it will widen the envelope as well as the engagement capability of the missile. Work on the project began in 2012 at one of the DRDO laboratories soon after the project was given the go-ahead
James A. Abrahamson retrieval and repair mission. Abrahamson was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be the first director of the Strategic Defense Initiative ("SDI") in April 1984. The "Star Wars" program, as SDI's detractors dubbed it, was initiated to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system that would prevent missile attacks from other countries, particularly the Soviet Union. Some countries opposed to U.S. missile defense efforts raised concerns about the program "contravening" the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks in years before the program was enacted. Ultimately, concerns about the objectives of SDI and fiscal budgetary constraints forced the Reagan