India's Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) launched the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Interceptor missile, in an ASAT test. The so-called "Mission Shakhti" destroyed an Indian orbiting target satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on March 27, 2019 (Indian Ministry of Defense Photo).
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The U.S was the first nation to test anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons in 1958 with bomber-launched ASATs, and three other nations have demonstrated the ability to destroy orbiting satellites–Russia, China, and, most recently, India, with a test in March last…