 "Ballistic Missile Defence Interceptor missile being launched by DRDO from Odisha on Wednesday photo: PTI")
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
