India has shot down a satellite in low Earth orbit and has been proclaimed "Space Superpower"

March 27, 2019

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirmed: "The country is establishing its name as an elite space power".

This Wednesday, India has flipped one of its own satellites into space with a missile. He confirmed it on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it also praised the first test that the country uses this type of technology as an important advance that establishes it as a space potential.

In his speech, Modi stated that India becomes the fourth country to use anti-satellite weapons, after the United States, Russia and China. This type of capability has raised fears of an arms race in space.

The announcement of this official intervenes in full political campaign before the general elections which will take place from April 11 to May 19. Just five weeks after the outbreak of a military crisis with Pakistan, which triggered a wave of tension between neighboring countries.

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The anti-satellite weapon allows you to attack enemy satellites cutting them or interrupting their communications, It provides a technological base for intercepting ballistic missiles.

"Our scientists shot down an operational satellite 300 km in space, in a low Earth orbit"Commented Modi." India has achieved an unprecedented feat today. India has registered its name as a space power, "he said.

The India has had a space program for years and manufactures satellites to take terrestrial images and launch facilities. as a cheaper alternative for Western programs. He successfully sent a low cost probe to Mars in 2014 and plans to complete his first manned mission in 2022.

The government said the trial, conducted from an island on the east coast of India and lasting three minutes, aimed to protect the country's badets from foreign attacks.

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In a statement of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they said, "The The capacity obtained with the ASAT is a credible deterrent against long-range missile threats against our growing strengths with a space base, as well as the proliferation in types and quantity of missiles. "

In turn, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China He said that he is waiting all countries "can seriously protect lasting peace and tranquility in outer space". The United States and Russia refused to comment immediately and the Indian rival, Pakistan, has not reacted either.