India has announced its missile shield could be ready in three years.

India is currently developing the Agni-IV ballistic missile, with a range of up to 6,000km, and plans to conduct three more tests of its Agni-III missile, which has a range of up to 3,000 km, over the next twelve months, according to local media reports.

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Defence Research Development Organisation chief controller for research and development of missiles and strategic systems Dr V K Saraswat says the Agni-IV is still at the design stage, but the first trials are expected to take place in 2010.

Saraswat says the two-layered ballistic missile defence system, designed to deal with threats from both ballistic missiles and terrain-hugging cruise missiles, could be ready by 2010.

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