India is Developing its own Anti-Satellite Spacecraft

ndia began the development of lasers and an exo-atmospheric kill vehicle with a weapon that could destroy enemy satellites in orbit, the Director-General of the Indian defense research organization, said January 3

"The kill vehicle, which is needed for listening to the satellite, to be established and that the work is done as part of a ballistic missile defense program," said VK Saraswat, Director of Defense Research and Development Organization, which is part of the Indian Defense Ministry.

During a televised press conference 97 Indian Science Congress, Thiruvananthapuram, Saraswat said the program also includes the lasers', which can give you a concrete picture of the satellite and use the picture to fly the vehicle, that it kills. The work that still needs to be done. "

India is not the first country, which has announced plans for anti-satellite spacecraft. In 2007, China deliberately destroyed an old weather satellite during an anti-satellite evidence that created a swarm of debris in orbit above Earth.

The United States has successfully destroyed a crippled spy satellite in 2008, an SM-3 missile was launched a naval vessel. That the satellite was ordered to kill, to destroy the falling satellite, to avoid the toxic debris falling down part of U.S. military officials said.