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(Search results - 12)IndiaApr 12, 2019, 12:53 PM IST
United States top official defends India’s A SAT test
The test made India only the fourth country in the world to have ASAT capability after US, Russia and China.
SecurityApr 6, 2019, 7:01 PM IST
Why NASA need not worry about India's ASAT test
NASA had called India's ASAT test a 'terrible thing'. But the scientists at the DRDO clarified that the threat of debris is not that much. The entire debris will decay in 45 days.
IndiaApr 5, 2019, 5:04 PM IST
Pentagon backs India, says ASAT debris expected to burn up in atmosphere
Just days after Mission Shakti was launched to attack India’s own satellite, in a bid to expand the country’s defence, the Pentagon has now backed India in stating that the debris would not be harmful
IndiaApr 1, 2019, 6:36 PM IST
ASAT rules social media days after PM Modi’s Mission Shakti proclamation
Close to 60% of the posts on social media related to keyword ASAT received encouraging response while only 23% of over a lakh tweets were negative in nature and rest 17% were neutral
IndiaMar 31, 2019, 11:57 AM IST
America, Spain piggyback on ISRO as India sends 29 satellites in 3 orbits
ISRO's PSLV-C45's launch came six days after India test-fired an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile in the Mission Shakti operation.
ViralMar 31, 2019, 11:55 AM IST
ISRO, DRDO planning to launch Anti-Russell Sixer Missile next?
The appeal was initiated by Kings XI Punjab spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who was on the receiving end of a flurry of massive sixes from KKR's swashbuckling batsman Andre Russell in a recent IPL game
PoliticsMar 30, 2019, 11:50 AM IST
Election Commission gives clean chit to Modi on Mission Shakti broadcast
While the model code of conduct prohibits government functionaries to address the nation in between the announcement of election dates and the dates of polling via radio or television, DD News had relayed the programme. The national broadcaster explained to the Election Commission that it was not its own telecast but news agency ANI's. ANI, in turn, got it from YouTube. Moreover, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not make an announcement of any new policy decision, which is prohibited at the time when the model code is in vogue.
IndiaMar 28, 2019, 5:52 PM IST
Congress sees signature of Nehru (d 1964) on ASAT that hit satellite in 2019
Congress party's star campaigner has attributed the successful test to India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru while saying that Nehru might not have taken the decision to display this capability, but laid the foundations of the organisation.
SecurityMar 27, 2019, 8:34 PM IST
Modi govt should get all the credit for Mission Shakti in the political battle over space war tech
ISRO never got too much of attention of the UPA government. During UPA era, ISRO’s budget hardly increased. From around Rs 4,000 crore in 2009 to Rs 5,500 crore in 2014. What is it seeking credit for?
WorldMar 27, 2019, 7:25 PM IST
Uphold peace in space: China lectures India on ASAT missile test
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India successfully test-fired an anti-satellite missile by shooting down a live satellite, describing it as a rare achievement that puts the country in an exclusive club of space super powers.
IndiaMar 27, 2019, 5:12 PM IST
Twitter rolls on floor laughing as Congress fans credit Nehru for Mission Shakti’s ASAT success
The desperate Congress, checkmated by the Modi government, still tried to garner a share of the credit for the Mission Shakti success, ending up with a lame tweet that gave rise a lot of amusement on the microblogging site
IndiaMar 27, 2019, 3:55 PM IST
Mission Shakti: All you need to know about India’s successful anti-satellite missile test
India used indigenously made Anti-Satellite Weapons (ASAT) for hitting the live satellite target, which was on a ‘Low Earth Orbit’ at a height of 300 kilometers from the earth’s surface