INDIA SEEKS MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM

LONDON [MENL] -- India has launched development of a missile defenseumbrella.Indian officials said the project includes development of interceptorsand long-range radar. They said the effort is meant to protect againstintermediate-range missiles from neighboring Pakistan."We are now trying to develop a ballistic missile defense system likehypersonic class of missiles and long-range detection and tracking radars,"V.K.