Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
Mission Shakti: India tests anti-satellite missile, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday that India had shot down a live satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with an anti-satellite missile, describing the test as a milestone that placed the country among the world’s space powers. What the Prime Minister said In a televised address to the nation, Mr Modi said the operation, named Mission Shakti, struck a pre-determined target and was completed in three minutes. He said that only three countries, the US, Russia and China, had this capability before India, and that the effort wasRead More