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

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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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday March 28 2019, @02:59AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 28 2019, @02:59AM (#821129) Journal

    why space? Pakistan is right next door.

    So is China.