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India tests anti-satellite missile system in major breakthrough, Modi says

| Updated: March 27, 2019 17:39:38


India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar, India on January 18, 2019 — Reuters/File India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar, India on January 18, 2019 — Reuters/File

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India had shot down a live satellite in space on Wednesday with an anti-satellite missile, hailing the test as a major breakthrough in its space programme.

Modi made the announcement in a television address to the nation. He said India would only be the fourth country to have used such an anti-satellite weapon after the United States, Russia, and China, according to a Reuters report.

“India has made an unprecedented achievement today,” Modi said, speaking in Hindi. “India registered its name as a space power.”

Modi faces a general election next month.

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