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A Big Year for the Indian Military in Space

Post author By Parthu Potluri
Post date March 28, 2019

The current year (2019) promises to bring much more than anyone could have expected with regard to Indian space applications of a military nature. The totally out-of-the-blue test of an ASAT weapon being case in point. In that spirit, I rounded up some of the important projects that have implications for the military, and are […]

Tags ASAT, BMD, CARTOSAT-3, EMISAT, ISRO, Microsat-R, PDV, PDV Mk-2, RISAT, SCE-200, SSLV

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Why India Needs to Demonstrate Anti Satellite (ASAT) Capability – Publicly

Post author By Aashish
Post date December 11, 2017
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Opening Comments On Jan 03 2010, a statement was made by Dr Sawaswat “India is putting together building blocks of technology that could be used to neutralise enemy satellites,” Defence Research and Development Organisation Director General V K Saraswat told reporters on the sidelines of the 97th Indian Science Congress. However, he added that the […]

Tags ASAT, China, Deterrence, India, Satellites, Security, Space, Strategic