How A-SAT can destroy enemy's ability to use space technology against India

This capability will deny any adversary, the use of satellites and other space-crafts, as a platform for any offensive operations against India

India on Wednesday made its way into an elite club of "space super powers" as its anti-satellite missile A-SAT shot down a live satellite on a low earth orbit, at a distance of 30 km,  in just three minutes. So far only three countries - the US, Russia and China -- had this technology.

'Mission Shakti' is a breakthrough in technology and the country has demonstrated its capability to interdict and intercept a satellite in outer space based on  indigenous technology, said experts. 

An External Affairs Ministry statement said the target satellite was one of India's existing satellites operating in