NEW DELHI - India said Wednesday it shot down a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test that proved the nation was among the world's most advanced space superpowers.
"India has registered its name in the list of space superpowers. Until now, only three countries had achieved this feat." Modi said the missile test against the satellite was peaceful, and not designed to create "an atmosphere of war". "This is less about shooting down satellites and more about proving high-altitude 'hit-to-kill' proficiency, which is the core competency required to get good at a range of things -- including defence against nuclear-capable ballistic missiles," Ankit Panda, of the Federation of American Scientists, told AFP.The United States and the former Soviet Union carried out their first successful anti-satellite missile tests in 1985, and China in 2007.
The announcement comes ahead of a national election in which Modi -- whose Hindu nationalist party stormed to power in 2014 -- is seeking a second term in office. "The timing and the manner of the announcement, with elections around the corner, will certainly lead to speculation," Dhruva Jaishankar, Delhi-based fellow in foreign policy with Brookings India, told AFP.
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