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India Shot Down a Satellite, Modi Says, Shifting Balance of Power in Asia
A man at a showroom in Mumbai watches Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India address the nation on Wednesday.CreditFrancis Mascarenhas/Reuters
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A man at a showroom in Mumbai watches Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India address the nation on Wednesday.CreditCreditFrancis Mascarenhas/Reuters
By Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar
This technological leap, which was confirmed by the Pentagon, puts India in an exclusive club of nations, along with the United States, Russia and China, that have proved their ability to destroy targets in space.
But it has potentially ominous repercussions, accelerating the space race with China and destabilizing the uneasy balance of power between India and Pakistan, which are both armed with nuclear weapons. It could allow India essentially to blind an enemy by taking out its space-based communication and surveillance satellites.
Shooting down a satellite is no easy feat. In this case, scientists estimate that the satellite that India blasted apart was moving around the Earth at 17,000 miles per hour.
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Mr. Modi made the announcement to a rapt nation just weeks before the country heads into a hotly contested election.
“India stands tall as a space power!” Mr. Modi tweeted after his announcement. He added that the entire effort had been “indigenous,” accomplished entirely by Indians.
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When China first successfully tested such an antisatellite missile in 2007, it set off global concern over the growing weaponization of space.
Many analysts now worry that the regional rivalry between India and China, the two most populated countries in the world, has moved into space.
India’s test was a “demonstration against China,’’ said Kazuto Suzuki, an international relations professor at Hokkaido University in Japan and an expert on space security.
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“The proliferation of this technology and capability would make the space order very unstable,’’ he said.
In Washington, Air Force Lt. Gen. David D. Thompson told a Senate hearing on Wednesday that India’s test did occur, and that the Pentagon was aware beforehand because India had announced flight bans. General Thompson, the vice commander of the Air Force Space Command, said the launch occurred at 1:39 a.m. Eastern Time, and that the explosion was detected at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado.
He said the test “struck the target vehicle” and created 270 pieces of debris that will likely increase as the debris field expands. He added that, “At this point in time, the International Space Station is not at risk.”
Mr. Modi broke the news in a rare televised address to the nation, and many Indians immediately suspected that his primary objective was more political than technological.
The launching of a ballistic missile on Wednesday in Odisha, India.CreditIndian Space Research Organization
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A man at a showroom in Mumbai watches Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India address the nation on Wednesday.CreditFrancis Mascarenhas/Reuters
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A man at a showroom in Mumbai watches Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India address the nation on Wednesday.CreditCreditFrancis Mascarenhas/Reuters
By Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar
- March 27, 2019
This technological leap, which was confirmed by the Pentagon, puts India in an exclusive club of nations, along with the United States, Russia and China, that have proved their ability to destroy targets in space.
But it has potentially ominous repercussions, accelerating the space race with China and destabilizing the uneasy balance of power between India and Pakistan, which are both armed with nuclear weapons. It could allow India essentially to blind an enemy by taking out its space-based communication and surveillance satellites.
Shooting down a satellite is no easy feat. In this case, scientists estimate that the satellite that India blasted apart was moving around the Earth at 17,000 miles per hour.
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Mr. Modi made the announcement to a rapt nation just weeks before the country heads into a hotly contested election.
“India stands tall as a space power!” Mr. Modi tweeted after his announcement. He added that the entire effort had been “indigenous,” accomplished entirely by Indians.
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When China first successfully tested such an antisatellite missile in 2007, it set off global concern over the growing weaponization of space.
Many analysts now worry that the regional rivalry between India and China, the two most populated countries in the world, has moved into space.
India’s test was a “demonstration against China,’’ said Kazuto Suzuki, an international relations professor at Hokkaido University in Japan and an expert on space security.
ADVERTISEMENT
“The proliferation of this technology and capability would make the space order very unstable,’’ he said.
In Washington, Air Force Lt. Gen. David D. Thompson told a Senate hearing on Wednesday that India’s test did occur, and that the Pentagon was aware beforehand because India had announced flight bans. General Thompson, the vice commander of the Air Force Space Command, said the launch occurred at 1:39 a.m. Eastern Time, and that the explosion was detected at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado.
He said the test “struck the target vehicle” and created 270 pieces of debris that will likely increase as the debris field expands. He added that, “At this point in time, the International Space Station is not at risk.”
Mr. Modi broke the news in a rare televised address to the nation, and many Indians immediately suspected that his primary objective was more political than technological.
The launching of a ballistic missile on Wednesday in Odisha, India.CreditIndian Space Research Organization
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If india can shoot down satellite, it can nuke beijing and lahore
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First in Q...Malusial n Saudi POOtra
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Aircraft carrier whuch does work want to shoot eagle...hahaha
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Indians got only just 10~15 mins to live if Beijing made up their minds to vaporize Ah Nehs - they will become Plasma and instantly reunited with Mahatma Gandhi & Ganesha. No questions asked, no doubt to raise.
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