New Delhi: India is moving fast to build what senior officials are already calling a floating missile wall in the Indian Ocean. This effort marks a major change in New Delhi’s defence thinking, as the Indian Navy and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) work together on a powerful sea-based Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system designed to eliminate enemy missiles long before they reach the coastline.

The project grew in urgency as China pushed ahead with DF‑21 “carrier‑killer” missiles and Pakistan advanced its Ababeel MIRV‑enabled system. Engineers are now preparing ship‑compatible versions of the AD‑1 and AD‑2 interceptors, both built to travel at hypersonic speeds and destroy incoming ballistic missiles of up to 5,000 kilometres in range.

The goal is to place th

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