By Niha Masih Niha Masih Foreign correspondent covering India Bio Follow March 27 at 4:51 AM NEW DELHI — Joining the select space club of United States, Russia and China, India became the fourth country in the world to shoot down a low-orbit satellite with a missile, announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
The successful test comes amid broader concerns about the readiness of India’s armed forces for today’s battles. It recently engaged Pakistan in its first aerial dogfight in decades, fielding much older aircraft than its rival. The United States first tested antisatellite missiles in 1958 while China did it as recently as 2007.
It was prob a plane . . look they got them believing in space
4th place chasing No 1, hiding behind the moon in an isolated spot...?
Another condescending take.
Strangely, this News crashed the Indian Stock Market by 100 points.!
Here we go wit the Space Force...
The same tech was on paper more than five yrs ago but it took Modi the current leader of India to actually put this to use and enable better security of India ! He deserves all the credit ! Modi2019
to haters
Nobody believes Indians anymore. Top WORLD media debunks their fakery regularly 👇
I shot a squirrel once, that doesn’t make me King of the Jungle.
Why is my TV not working?
😂🤣😂
They see 300kmrs abv ground threat n destroyed, but couldn't neutralize a suicide bomber parallel to crpf vehicle? pussies. btw modi jus made fool of its population, they hv achived it around 2012 already.
It's India's first step in the ASAT journey. Such events unearth the true feelings/intentions the developed countries and our (un)friendly western and eastern neighbors have. As for , BBCWorld and Inc., your maligning and belittling of India isn't gonna matter
It's funny that in space they can shoot down a small SAT but cannot shoot a JF-17 Thunder in front of them (and rather give their plane wreckage and pilot in response) 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Shoots down satellite but unable to drop bombs on stationary Al-Qaeda camps?
Who cares? Do they eliminate poverty and provide clean water for their people first?
oh geez... now we will hear more nonsense from our lunatic in chief the need for his space force 😵😫😱
Yes more space pollution, feed the poor and create jobs. So many homeless have no food to eat or place to sleep. a**hole
Just like their neighbor China.
Perhaps it would be a lot cheaper to invest on a cyberwar instead
Congratulations India.
It's always the nutty countries going on about space war. Next thing you know they talk about a space force.
This sounds like a job for....
IamNot_ANNIE ONLY 1?
they already are a space power.
I think Hindustani satellite fell down, to avoid shame Indian claiming they shoot down the satellite in space
Lead scientist.
Just giving Pence another talking point. You guys...
Not in Africa but entire world 🌏 I expect India to be more democratic but see
Amazing! ISS could soon become Space Hindu Temple. Smol men in big offices 😆
Isn't that more an anti space power?
And Self declaration is not digested by
It's wrong to shoot down space hardware, I wish, I wish, I wish they'd care.
Lame 🙄
😂😂😂🤦🤦😂😂😂 Election time is always fun.
Here comes 'India is poor how could it do that'
Gandhi would be proud.......NOT!
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