Wednesday, 27 March 2019

India successfully tests ASAT missile, joins space superpower club

The tracking and interception capabilities that went into Mission Shakti have been available with the DRDO for over a decade
Ballistic Missile Defence Interceptor missile being launched by DRDO from Odisha on Wednesday 	photo: PTI
Current Affairs: On Wednesday morning, 300 kilometers over the Odisha coast, a ballistic rocket guard interceptor created by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) struck a satellite in a low earth circle, crushing it into pieces. Head administrator Narendra Modi declared the accomplishment of the test, codenamed Mission Shakti, on TV and Twitter. Proclaiming that “there can’t be a more prominent snapshot of pride for any Indian”, he stated: “In the voyage of each country, there are minutes that bring most extreme pride and historically affect ages to come. One such minute is today. India has effectively tried the counter satellite (ASAT) rocket.”
The Prime Minister said India had enrolled its name among the space superpowers. “Up until this point, just three nations were in this club – America, Russia and China. Presently India has turned into the fourth nation to build up this capacity,” he said.
The following and capture attempt abilities that went into Mission Shakti have been accessible with the DRDO for over 10 years. It started building up these after China’s fruitful ASAT test in 2007. On March 18, 2008, at that point DRDO boss, Dr VK Saraswat (presently a NITI Aayog part), had informed the media in New Delhi that blocking an approaching rocket terminated from 2,000 kilometers away required a similar innovation required for shooting down a satellite. Asserting that the DRDO effectively had that capacity in 2008, Saraswat had stated: “We have worked, starting at now, ABM (ballistic missile destroying rocket) frameworks with interceptors to draw in 2,000 kilometer-class of targets.”

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