
Informal Presentation Was Made: Missile Scientist On Former NSA's Remark
Monday, April 1, 2019, 9:11 AM
Former National Security Advisor (NSA) Shivshankar Menon's comments that permission was not sought during the UPA regime for testing of an anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile are "erroneous" and "a flight of imagination," said former Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Dr VK Saraswat on Sunday. Dr Saraswat, a member of the NITI Aayog, retired as head of DRDO in 2013.

PM Modi likely to get EC clean chit over address to country on Mission Shakti
Saturday, March 30, 2019, 7:48 AM
The EC has given PM Modi a-clean-chit in its preliminary-report over his address to nation on Mission Shakti, sources have said. Sources in EC said they haven't found anything wrong with PM's speech after India successfully tested anti-satellite missile. PM Modi said, "It is a matter of pride for all of us in India that Mission was accomplished using an indigenously developed ASAT missile."

Space Debris From Anti-Satellite Test To 'Vanish' In 45 Days: Defence Research Body Chief
Friday, March 29, 2019, 7:23 AM
The space debris from India's anti-satellite weapons launch is expected to burn-out in less than 45-days, top-defence-scientist said seeking to allay global concern about fragments hitting objects. The comments came a day after PM Modi said India used an-indigenously developed ballistic missile-interceptor to destroy one of its own satellites at a height of 300km in a test aimed at boosting India's defences in space.