In a rare address to the nation just weeks before a national election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India had joined the United States, Russia and China in accomplishing the feat.
On Wednesday, India said it destroyed a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test that proved the nation was among the world’s most advanced space powers.
“This is a proud moment for India,” he added, in his first televised national address since late 2016. “India has registered its name in the list of space superpowers. Until now, only three countries had achieved this feat.” An Indian jet was shot down and a pilot captured by Pakistan, which had launched retaliatory air raids after Indian planes bombed Pakistani territory for the first time in decades.
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