Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India tests anti-satellite weapon in major breakthrough
A salesman watches Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing to the nation, on TV screens inside a showroom in Mumbai, India, March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India had shot down a live satellite in space on Wednesday with an anti-satellite missile, hailing the test as a major breakthrough in its space programme. Modi made the announcement in a television address to the nation. He said India would only be the fourth country to have used such an anti-satellite weapon after the United States, Russia and China.
“India has made an unprecedented achievement today,” Modi said, speaking in Hindi. “India registered its name as a space power.”Reporting by New Delhi bureau; Writing by Sanjeev Miglani; Editing by Robert Birsel
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