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India Shoots Down Satellite in Test

posted by martyb on Wednesday March 27 2019, @11:59PM   
from the So-you-want-a-Space-Force? dept.

JoeMerchant writes:

Modi Hails India's Arrival as Space Power After it Shoots Down Satellite in Test:

India shot down one of its own satellites in low-Earth orbit with a ground-to-space missile on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, hailing his country's first test of such weaponry as a breakthrough establishing it as a military space power.

India would only be the fourth country to have used such an anti-satellite weapon after the United States, Russia and China, said Modi, who heads into general elections next month.

"Our scientists shot down a live satellite 300 kilometers away in space, in low-Earth orbit," Modi said in a television broadcast.

"India has made an unprecedented achievement today," he added, speaking in Hindi. "India registered its name as a space power."

Elections are coming up, and more than one politician is trying to make their name as the Space General of the future.

[Updated 2019-03-28 to properly quote source article.--martyb]

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• Re:There can be only one space power! Re:There can be only one space power! (Score: 2, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday March 28 2019, @01:40AM (1 child)

  by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Thursday March 28 2019, @01:40AM (#821091) Homepage Journal

  Don't worry, Space Force is comeing. Separate but Equal!!!! 🚀

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• Re:There can be only one space power! (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday March 28 2019, @01:56AM

  by Gaaark (41) on Thursday March 28 2019, @01:56AM (#821101) Journal

  and, don't ask-don't tell.

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