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Following a successful intercept exo-atmospheric test in November, India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) announced it will conduct an endo-atmospheric test of its Prithvi Air Defense (PAD-1) anti-ballistic missile system this month. The Prithvi missile interceptor is a converted indigineous ballistic missile. India hopes to deploy its missile defense system, which it is developing with help from Israel, by 2015. The test will use an Israeli Green Pine Radar, and will intercept a target at 25 kilometers within the atmosphere. Two more exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric tests are planned before the missile system is ready for induction into the Indian Defence Forces, DRDO scientists said. 