 "Ballistic Missile Defence Interceptor missile being launched by DRDO in an Anti-Satellite missile test 'Mission Shakti' engaging an Indian orbiting target satellite in Low Earth Orbit in a 'Hit to Kill' mode from Abdul Kalam Island | Photo: PTI")
India expects space debris from its anti-satellite weapons launch to burn out in less than 45 days, the government's top defence scientist said on Thursday, seeking to allay global concern about fragments hitting objects.
The comments came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it used an indigenously developed ballistic missile interceptor to destroy one of its own satellites at a height of 300 km, in a test aimed at boosting its defences in space.
Critics say such technology, known to be possessed only by the United States, Russia and China, raises the prospect of an arms race in outer space,
