India successfully shoots down one satellite in space under the Mission Shakti

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced that the nation had successfully shot down one of its satellites in space with an Anti-satellite missile or A-SAT and has now established a place for itself in the elite club of space powers. PM Modi addressed the nation through television program where he said “The A-SAT missile shot down the Low Earth Orbit satellite within three minutes of it launched with remarkable precision and technical capability and it proved the world of India’s capability”.

The anti-satellite missile test was referred to as…