An A-SAT Test Ban Can Wait: India Needs To Widen Kinetic A-SAT Capabilities – Analysis

By Kartik Bommakanti

In late March 2019, the Modi government took a momentous and courageous decision to conduct a kinetic Anti-Satellite Test (A-SAT) dubbed “Mission Shakti”. The A-SAT was obviously a response to the growing asymmetry in counter-space capabilities between India and the People’s Republic of China (PRC)....