More Details Emerge On India's Anti-Satellite Missile Test

#WATCH Visuals from the launch of the anti satellite missile used in #MissionShakti #ASAT pic.twitter.com/IEIhtHpPgs

— ANI (@ANI) March 27, 2019

Space.com: India Says Its Anti-Satellite Weapon Test Created Minimal Space Debris. Is That True?

"Mission Shakti" raises questions.

Just weeks before election season starts in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the nation completed a successful test-fire of its first anti-satellite launch missile, dubbed "Mission Shakti," on Wednesday (March 27). The event sparked a global conversation about space policy, politics and the militarization of space in the hours that followed, as well as speculation about whether that type of test could create dangerous space debris.

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WNU Editor: Yup .... India thinks space power status requires offensive military space capabilities – and may be right (Gabriel Elefteriu, Policy Exchange).

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India says space debris from anti-satellite test to 'vanish' in 45 days -- Reuters
US Studying India's Satellite-killer Test, Warns Against Debris Left Behind -- Defense World
U.S. studying India anti-satellite weapons test, warns of space debris -- Reuters
U.S. military sensors track debris from Indian anti-satellite test -- Space Flight
India celebrates as country's newest space weapon passes 'hit-to-kill' test -- ABC News Online
India Smashes Satellite in a Surprise Test of a New Space Weapon System -- Popular Mechanics
Pakistan urges no militarization of space after India downs satellite -- Reuters
India ASAT Weapon Tests Result of Worsening Arms Control Situation - Moscow -- Sputnik
How a secret mission launched satellite killer -- Chethan Kumar, TNN/Times of India
India Just Triggered a Ballistic ‘Space Weapon’ and Pakistan Should Be Terrified -- Ben Brown, CCN
India's Satellite-Destroying Missile Sends Message to China -- Bloomberg