India tested anti Satellite Missile and joined the exclusive club of Space powers
By The Editor · 27 March 2019 · 1 min read
As announced by Prime Minister Modi, India has joined the exclusive club of countries, who holds the power to target the satellite in Space, by targeting a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite orbiting around 300 km above the Earth surface. The test is performed as a part of Mission Shakti.
India had been developing its ASAT missiles for sometime i.e. Anti Satellite missile to provide protection for its space assets, culmination of which has been reached today by successful completion of Mission Shakti. Only three countries- USA, China and Russia- in the world hold this power other than India.
As pronounced by PM the aim of the mission is not to catalyses the weaponisation of Space, but to strengthen national security of India.
However the questions are bound to be raised by the opposition on the timing of the mission and the manner in which it was announced, as general election are coming up and the move can reap BJP electoral benefits.
In India, politics and comedy has not mingled to the extent it is seen in the western hemisphere. I am a avid you tube watcher and always missed the clean political comedy on Indian politics, there was a show called Jai-hind but it did not get much traction mainly because of its r-rated content. Few stand up comedian do the political comedy but it is in bits and pieces and sometime it is not that good also.
Recently RJ Raunak aka bauaa has started a show called Fun Tantra which is very concise and clean comedy on Indian political issues. It has filled the gap for me, which I was feeling for sometime in youtubosphere. However it seems little bit tilted towards the Narendra Modi Government, the issues he picks are mostly the goof ups of opposition parties, but it is too early to comment on that because it has only three or four episodes out.
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