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29 avril 2014 2 29 /04 /avril /2014 11:35
Inde-Pakistan : la course aux armements prend de l’ampleur

 

MOSCOU, 29 avril - RIA Novosti

 

L’Inde avance à grands pas dans la course aux armements : après l’essai du missile de moyenne portée Akash, capable d’intercepter des chasseurs et des missiles de croisière, l’armée de l’air a remporté un nouveau succès avec le missile d’interception Prithvi Defence Vehicle, qui a atteint sa cible dans l’espace extra-atmosphérique. Cette intensification des efforts pour la création d’un « potentiel de dissuasion » intervient à l’approche du duel électoral impliquant le leader de l’opposition et éventuel candidat au poste de premier ministre Narendra Modi, qui tient un discours austère vis-à-vis du Pakistan et de la Chine. La promesse par l’opposition de revoir la doctrine nucléaire de l’Inde si elle arrivait au pouvoir a également fait beaucoup de bruit, écrit mardi le quotidien Kommersant.

 

Le lancement du missile intercepteur Prithvi Defence Vehicle, d’une portée de 2 000 km, a eu lieu au polygone Integrated Test Range à Chandipur, dans le district de Balasore. Trois minutes plus tôt un navire indien se trouvant dans le golfe du Bengale avait lancé un « missile ennemi », qui avait été détecté par Prithvi Defence Vehicle et anéanti à plus de 100 km d’altitude. La cible a été identifiée grâce au réseau informatique, qui avait calculé avec précision la trajectoire du missile et ses coordonnées.

 

L’Inde avait déjà procédé à six essais d’intercepteurs pour abattre des « missiles ennemis » à une altitude comprise entre 30 et 80 km. Le lancement du Prithvi Defence Vehicle s’est tenu quelques jours après les essais du missile Akash de moyenne portée, capable d’éliminer des drones, des chasseurs et des missiles balistiques. Courant avril, le ministère indien de la Défense a même testé le missile de croisière supersonique BraMos d’une portée de 290 km, et le missile Prithvi 2 d’une portée de 350 km.L’Inde et le Pakistan, ennemis géopolitiques jurés, mènent en général leurs essais simultanément. Cette fois, Islamabad a seulement réagi par un essai du missile Hatf III Ghaznavi, d’une portée de 290 km et capable d’embarquer une ogive nucléaire.

 

Cette attention particulière accordée aux essais balistiques s’explique par l’approche des législatives en Inde, dont les résultats seront annoncés le 16 mai. Le favori de la course, le leader du parti Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP : Parti du peuple Indien) Narendra Modi, a toutes les chances de devenir le nouveau premier ministre. Il s’est déjà distingué avec certaines déclarations dures vis-à-vis du Pakistan et d’un autre adversaire régional de l’Inde – la Chine, qui dispose d’un arsenal balistique nucléaire plus conséquent. De plus, l’un des paragraphes du manifeste de campagne du BJP, intitulé « Le programme nucléaire de l’Inde », a fait beaucoup parler de lui. Ce document annonce que la doctrine nucléaire du pays doit être « revue et mise à jour pour répondre aux défis de l’époque ».

 

Certains interprètent cette déclaration comme une allusion au fait que si Narendra Modi arrivait au pouvoir, il renoncerait à l’approche actuelle de l’arme nucléaire, perçue comme défensive par New Delhi. Pour apaiser la tension, Modi a précisé dans une récente interview qu’il n’était pas question de renoncer au principe fondamental de la stratégie défensive du pays : l’arme nucléaire ne sera jamais utilisée pour commettre une première attaque. Cependant, les promesses d’apporter des modifications à la doctrine de défense pourraient entraîner le forçage des programmes de modernisation du potentiel nucléaire balistique. Selon les experts, une telle politique pourrait mener à une nouvelle course aux armements en Asie.

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Prithvi-II  - photo Livefist

Prithvi-II - photo Livefist

 

 

6/4/2014 IsraelDefense

 

The worldtribune reports that India and Israel have concluded an agreement to assemble a ballistic missile defense system after two years of discussions. The contract between Rafael, IAI and Indian companies should be signed by the end of the year. The system will be based on the Arrow system and the Indian Prithvi

 

India and Israel have reached an agreement for developing a ballistic missile defense system, according to the worldtribune website. Indian sources said Israel and India concluded more than two years of negotiations with an agreement in principle to build a BMD system for India (this confirms a report published two months ago on IsraelDefense).

The sources said the system would be designed to protect against nuclear warheads fired from China or Pakistan. “This system would integrate Indian and Israeli assets into a layered defense network,” a source said to worldtribune. The sources said the Indian Defense Ministry agreed to the project. But the two sides were preparing for contract negotiations that could extend into late 2014.

Israel has long offered a partnership in BMD development, particularly the Arrow system by Israel Aerospace Industries. The sources said New Dehli began to express strong interest only in 2013 when Israel proposed a program that would integrate and enhance Indian air defense assets.

"The Indians were looking for Israeli expertise and technology that would allow New Dehli to eventually work on its own in BMD,” the source said. “They were not interested in an off-the-shelf Arrow purchase." The initial agreement would partner IAI as well as Israel’s state-owned Rafael with India’s Defense Research and Development Organization, Bharat Dynamics and Bharat Electronics. All of the participants are state-owned entities, and Bharat Electronics has developed the Prithvi air defense system, scheduled for deployment in 2015. .

The attractiveness of the proposal is that India could contribute any asset deemed suitable for missile defense, including radars, interceptors and launchers,” the source said. “Because the network is meant to protect against a range of threats, no existing or future Indian system could be ruled out.”

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Prithvi missiles to be replaced by more-capable Prahar: DRDO

June 30, 2013 idrw.org (PTI)

 

Seeking to enhance its precision strike capabilities, India is planning to replace its 150 km-range Prithvi ballistic missiles with the newly developed quick reaction Prahar missiles.

 

“We are withdrawing the tactical 150 km-range Prithvi missiles and will replace them with the Prahar missiles, which are more capable and have more accuracy,” DRDO chief Avinash Chander told PTI in new Delhi.

 

The tactical versions of the Prithvi missiles would be withdrawn from service and will be upgraded to be used for longer ranges, he said.

 

The DRDO chief said after the withdrawal of the tactical ballistic missiles from service, there would be a gap in strike capabilities in the range of 100 to 150 km-range.

 

“The Prahar missile would be used to fill up that gap,” he said.

 

The 150 km-range ‘Prahar’ is a single-stage missile and is fuelled by solid propellants. It was first test-fired by DRDO in mid-2011 from its range in Odisha.

 

The uniqueness of the missile system is that it can be fired in the salvo mode also from one launcher vehicle in which four missiles can be fired in one go.

 

This short-range missile would be an ‘excellent weapon’ which would fill the gap between the 90 km-range of the Smerch multi-barrel rocket launchers and guided missiles like ‘Prithvi’, which can strike at 250 km to 350 km range.

 

The under-development Prahar missile would be offered to the Army for user trials very soon and after its acceptance, it is planned to be part of its Corps of Artillery.

 

The Prithvi missiles were developed by India under its Integrated Missile Development Programme in the 1980s. The ballistic missile was developed with multiple strike ranges from 150 km to 350 km.

 

The longer ranges are planned to be in service with both the Army and the IAF.

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AAD LAUNCHED (1)-23 nov 2012 source Livefist

 

December 5, 2012: Strategy Page

 

On November 24th India held more tests of its ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) system. This one involved intercepting multiple incoming ballistic missiles and was declared a success. As a result of this, and several other successful tests earlier this year, Indian missile development officials believe their anti-missile system is ready for mass production and deployment. This would provide some Indian cities protection from Pakistani or Chinese ballistic missiles.

 

The Indian system uses two types of interceptors. The Prithvi Air Defense (PAD) missile is the larger of the two and is used for high altitude (50-80 kilometers up) interception. The short range Advanced Air Defense (AAD) missile is used for low altitude (up to 30 kilometers) intercepts. The two missiles, in conjunction with a radar system based on the Israeli Green Pine (used with the Arrow anti-missile missile), provide defense from ballistic missiles fired as far as 5,000 kilometers away. A third interceptor, the PDV, is a hypersonic missile that can take down missiles as high as 150 kilometers and is still in development. India is the fifth nation to develop such anti-missile technology.

 

The Indian system has been in development for over a decade. Ten years ago India ordered two Israeli Green Pine anti-ballistic missile radars. That equipment was used six years ago in a successful Indian test, where one ballistic missile was fired at another "incoming" one. The Israeli Green Pine radar was originally developed for Israel's Arrow anti-ballistic missile system. Arrow was built, in cooperation with the United States, to defend Israel from Iranian and Syrian ballistic missiles. India has since developed, with Israel, the Swordfish radar, which has similar capabilities to the Green Pine and has been operational for two years. Swordfish is part of a system that integrates data from satellites and other sources in order to detect and track incoming missiles.

 

The interceptor missiles and the fire control systems were designed and built in India, although more Israeli technology may have been purchased to speed things along. India wanted to buy the entire Israeli Arrow system but the United States refused to allow the sale (which involved a lot of American technology). The Indian ABM system wasn’t supposed to become operational for another two years. But the developers believe it is ready now and are asking parliament for money to start building systems to defend places like New Delhi (where parliament is). Even so, it’s doubtful that the ABM system would be operational, even if just around New Delhi, by 2014. Then there is the question of just how effective the India ABM system really is. India has a shabby reputation with developing weapons. Projects go on for decades without ever producing operational weapons. But joint-ventures with other countries (like Russia, France, and Israel) have been more successful. Israel is believed to be more heavily involved in this ABM than official pronouncements indicate. If so, this would be a good thing, even if the Indians don’t like to publicize it.

 

China and Pakistan could only defeat the Indian ABM defenses by firing more missiles at the same time than the Indians could handle. It's also possible to equip warheads with decoys in an attempt to get the interceptor missile to miss. Israel has technology designed to deal with these decoys and India can probably purchase that. But against an overwhelming number of incoming missiles, some are going to get through.

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29 novembre 2012 4 29 /11 /novembre /2012 08:25

AAD LAUNCHED (1)-23 nov 2012 source Livefist

 

28.11.2012, Guéorgui Vanetsov, Rédaction en ligne - La Voix de la Russie

 

L'Inde développe depuis plusieurs années son programme de défense antimissile. Le lancement réussi du missile intercepteur AAD de construction indienne depuis le polygone de l'île de Wheeler en est une nouvelle confirmation. Le missile a détruit une cible à une altitude de 15 km au-dessus du golfe de Bengale.

 

La cible, une modification du missile sol-sol Prithvi, a été lancée depuis le polygone de l'Etat d'Orissa. Pendant les essais, les spécialistes de Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) ont testé pour la première fois la configuration du vol du missile intercepteur. En outre, ils ont testé les capacités du missile intercepteur sur un simulateur électronique spécial. Ils ont simulé le vol d'un missile lancé à une distance de 1 500 km et sa destruction à une altitude de 120 km.

 

L'Inde, pourra-t-elle créer et déployer son système de défense antimissile en 2015, date qu'elle s'est fixée? La tâche est extrémement compliquée, estime Piotr Topytchkanov, expert au Centre Carnegie de Moscou :

 

« Cela nécessite des investissements immenses. D'autant plus que l'Inde ne possède pas des radars et un système d'alerte spatiale sur une attaque de missiles depuis l'espace. A l'heure actuelle, seuls deux satellites indiens se trouvent sur l'orbite, dont un seul a une vocation purement militaire. Il est peu probable que ces moyens permettent de détecter le lancement d'un missile, sans parler de plusieurs. Le système sera-t-il efficace contre une attaque depuis le Pakistan, principal sujet de préoccupation pour l'Inde? Pour l'Inde cela revêt d'autant plus d'importance que le vol d'un missile lancé depuis le Pakistan vers une cible sur son territoire ne dure que quelques minutes ».

 

Les Etats-Unis s'évertuent à mettre à profit les difficultés indiennes. Ils proposent avec insistance à l'Inde leur bouclier antimissile manifestant leur empressement d'aider à mettre en place un système de défense antimissile. Cependant l'Inde fait montre de réserve eu égard à une telle coopération, préférant se fier à ses propres forces en la matière. New Delhi ne veut pas être attachée aux plans géopolitiques américains en Asie. Car une tâche majeure des Etats-Unis est la dissuasion de la Chine. Dans ce cas, la coopération avec les Etats-Unis dans le domaine de la défense antimissile signifierait la destruction d'une confiance fragile entre l'Inde et la Chine à peine amorcée et à laquelle l'Inde tient vivement.

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November 23, 2012 by Shiv Aroor - LIVEFIST

 

DRDO Statement: The Interceptor Missile AAD launched by the Scientists of DRDO from Wheeler's Island, Odisha successfully destroyed the incoming Ballistic Missile at an altitude of 15 Kms. The interception took place at 12.52hrs. The target missile, a modified version of Prithvi, mimicking the enemy's ballistic missile, was launched from Launch Complex III, Chandipur. Long Range Radar and MFC Radar located far away could detect the Missile from take-off and tracked it through its entire path. The total trajectory of the incoming Missile was continuously estimated by the guidance computer and subsequently the AAD Missile was launched at an appropriate time to counter and kill the ballistic missile.

 

The Ring Laser Gyro based Navigation System in Target, Fibre Optic Gyro based INS in Interceptor, Onboard computers, Guidance systems, Actuation Systems and the critical RF Seekers used for the terminal phase have performed excellently. The AAD Missile system initially guided by Inertial Navigation system was continuously getting update of the target position by the Radar through a data link.  The Radio Frequency (RF) seeker tracked the Missile & Onboard computer guided the Missile towards the Target Missile and hit the target. The Radio Proximity Fuse (RPF) exploded the warhead thereby destroying the target missile completely.

 

In this mission, a special feature of intercepting multiple target with multiple interceptor was demonstrated successfully. An electronic target with a range of 1500 Kms was launched and the Radars picked up the target missile, tracked the target missile subsequently & launched an electronic interceptor missile. This electronic interceptor missile destroyed the electronic target missile at an altitude of 120 Kms. All the four missiles were tracked by the Radars and all the guidance and launch computers operated in full operational mode for handling multiple targets with multiple interceptor.  All the four missiles were in the sky simultaneously and both the interceptions took place near simultaneously.  This has proved the capability of DRDO to handle multiple targets with multiple interceptors simultaneously. The complete Radar Systems, Communication Networks, Launch Computers, Target update Systems and state of the art Avionics have been completely proven in this Mission.

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23 novembre 2012 5 23 /11 /novembre /2012 12:42

Advanced Air Defense (AAD) interceptor

 

November 23, 2012, zeenews.india.com

 

Balasore (Odisha): India on Friday successfully test-fired an indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile, capable of destroying a hostile ballistic missile, from a test range off the Odisha coast.

 

"At around 12.52 hours, the interceptor hit the target missile successfully at an altitude of about 15 kilometres," DRDO spokesman Ravi Kumar Gupta said.

 

India is working towards development of a multi-layer Ballistic Missile Defence system.

 

The test was conducted to validate various parameters of the interceptor in flight mode, said a defence source.

 

The hostile ballistic missile, a modified surface- to-surface 'Prithvi', mimicking an incoming enemy weapon, first lifted off from a mobile launcher at around 12.52 hours from the launch complex-3 of integrated test range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-Sea, about 15 km from here.

 

Within about four minutes, the interceptor, Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile positioned at Wheeler Island, about 70 km from Chandipur, after getting signals from tracking radars, roared through its trajectory to destroy the incoming missile mid-air, in an "endo-atmospheric" altitude, defence sources said.

 

"The 'kill' effect of the interceptor is being ascertained by analysing data from multiple tracking sources," a Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) scientist said soon after the test was carried out.

 

The interceptor is a 7.5-metre-long single-stage solid rocket propelled guided missile equipped with a navigation system, a hi-tech computer and an electro-mechanical activator, the sources said.

 

The interceptor missile had its own mobile launcher, secure data link for interception, independent tracking and homing capabilities, besides sophisticated radars, the sources added.

 

The previous trial conducted on February 10, 2012 from the same base was successful.

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16 November 2012 DEBDAS KUNDU - dailypioneer.com

 

Hectic preparations for an interception exercise, Advance Air Defence (AAD), involving two ballistic missiles are underway at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur.

 

The exercise is likely to be carried out by the ITR DRDO unit next week between November 19 and 22 in the endo-atmospheric region within an altitude of around 15 km, sources said. This would be the eighth interceptor missile test and the sixth endo-atmospheric, below 20 km of altitude. A modified Prithvi missile acting would take off from the ITR while the killer supersonic interceptor missile would blast off from the Wheeler Island, Dhamra and destroy it.

 

The exercise under the Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) programme is being undertaken to protect India’s major installations from being targeted by hostile neighbours. Meanwhile the maiden launch of the sub-sonic cruise missile, Nirbhay, which was to be conducted  this month is delayed due to modifications brought in the launcher and likely to be carried out in next year January, said sources.

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Indian ABM System Scores Another Success

 

February 16, 2012: STRATEGY PAGE

 

For the seventh time, India successfully tested its anti-missile system, intercepting a Prithvi ballistic missile. The AAD interceptor missile was fired from an island 70 kilometers off the coast. The system uses two types of interceptors. The Prithvi Air Defense (PAD) missile is the larger of the two and is used for high altitude (50-80 kilometers up) interception. The short range Advanced Air Defense (AAD) missile is used for low altitude (up to 30 kilometers) intercepts. The two missiles, in conjunction with a radar system based on the Israeli Green Pine (used with the Arrow anti-missile missile), are to provide defense from ballistic missiles fired as far as 5,000 kilometers away. This will provide some protection from Pakistani and Chinese missiles. A third interceptor, the PDV, is a hypersonic missile that can take down missiles as high as 150 kilometers and is still in development. India is the fifth nation to develop such anti-missile technology.

 

The Indian system has been in development for over a decade. Ten years ago, India ordered two Israeli Green Pine anti-ballistic missile radars. That equipment was used six years ago in a successful Indian test, where one ballistic missile was fired at another, incoming, one. The Israeli Green Pine radar was originally developed for Israel's Arrow anti-ballistic missile system. Arrow was built, in cooperation with the United States, to defend Israel from Iranian and Syrian ballistic missiles. India has since developed, with Israel, the Swordfish radar, which has similar capabilities to the Green Pine and has been operational for two years. Swordfish is part of a system that integrates data from satellites and other sources, in order to detect and track incoming missiles.

 

The interceptor missiles and the fire control systems were designed and built in India, although more Israeli technology may have been purchased to speed things along. India wanted to buy the entire Israeli Arrow system, but the United States refused to allow the sale (which involved a lot of American technology.) The Indian ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) system is supposed to become operational in two years.

 

China and Pakistan could only defeat the Indian ABM defenses by firing more missiles, at the same time, than the Indians could handle. It's also possible to equip warheads with decoys, in an attempt to get the interceptor missile to miss. Israel has technology designed to deal with these decoys, and India can probably purchase that. But against an overwhelming number of incoming missiles, some are going to get through.

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Photos / DPR Defence

 

February 10, 2012 by Shiv Aroor - LIVEFIST

 

DRDO Statement: India's DRDO today conducted a successful test launch of its endo-atmospheric interceptor missile., part of the country's ballistic missile defence (BMD) programme DRDO’s Air Defence Missile AAD-05  (Photo 1) successfully hit a modified Prithvi ballistic missile (Photo 2) and destroyed it at a height of 15 kms off the coast of Orissa near Wheeler Island. Radars located at different locations tracked the incoming ballistic missile. With the target trajectory continuously updated by the radar, the onboard guidance computer guided the AAD-05 towards the target missile. The onboard radio frequency seeker identified the target missile, guided the AAD-05 to hit the target missile directly and destroyed it. Radar and Electro Optic Tracking Systems (EOTS) tracked the missile and also recorded the fragments of the target missile falling into the Bay of Bengal.  The interceptor hit the incoming ballistic missile directly and destroyed it at an altitude of 15-km. The mission was carried out in the final deliverable user configuration mode.

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NEW DELHI, February 10 (RIA Novosti)

 

India has test-fired a domestically developed interceptor missile capable of destroying ballistic missiles, the Hindustan Times reported on Friday.

 

The Advanced Air Defense (AAD) interceptor missile was fired from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha in eastern India early on Friday and destroyed the target.

 

The target was a modified surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile Prithvi, which was fired from the Chandipur range located some 70 km away from Wheeler Island across the sea.

 

“The interceptor directly hit the target and destroyed it,” S.P. Dash, the director of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, was quoted as saying.

 

The test was aimed at developing India's multi-layer Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system. The last time India successfully tested an AAD interceptor missile was on March 6, 2011.

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Interceptor missile test on February 10 (India)

 

HYDERABAD, February 5, 2012 Y. Mallikarjun - thehindu.com

 

India's missile scientists are gearing to conduct an interceptor missile test on February 10 as part of the plans to deploy a two-layered Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system.

 

This will be the seventh interceptor mission. The exercise is meant to test the capability of the system to kill incoming ballistic missiles with a range of 2,000-3,000 km. Of the six exercises held to date — the first was in November 2006 — five have been successful.

 

The proposed operation would be closer to the deployable configuration of the system for endo-atmospheric interception, according to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) officials. During the upcoming mission, the interception of the target missile is planned at an altitude of 15 km in the endo-atmosphere. Four of the interceptor missile tests conducted so far have been in the endo-atmosphere, two in the exo-atmosphere.

 

Soon after the modified surface-to-surface target missile, Prithvi, is launched from Chandipur, an Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile will take off from Wheeler Island to intercept and destroy the incoming projectile, which, after reaching a height of 100 km, will start descending.

 

Upon Prithvi's launch, the Long-Range Tracking Radars near Puri will start tracking the target. A little later, the Multi Functional Radars located near seaport town Paradip will detect and track the missile and provide data for the guidance computer. This will compute the flight path of the target missile and launch the interceptor at the right time. The interceptor computes the optimal path for the missile to hit the target. In the terminal phase, the radiofrequency seeker will track the target and enable the interceptor to home in on to the target.

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March 28, 2011by Michael Listner THE SPACE REVIEW

 

Note: This essay is based on an article previously published March 8, 2011, at Examiner.com.

 

The March 7 edition of The Hindu reported that India performed a test of the interceptor missile portion of its ballistic missile defense system on March 6, 2011. The test, the sixth of the series, was reportedly a success and a validation of the technology to be integrated into India’s defense system.1

 

The target missile, a modified Prithvi, was launched at 9:32 a.m. from Launch Complex III of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Orissa. The modified Prithvi mimicked the trajectory of a ballistic missile with a 600-kilometer (324-nautical-mile) range. Radars at different locations tracked the modified Prithvi, determined its trajectory, and passed the information in real time to Mission Control Centre (MCC) to launch the interceptor. The interceptor used a directional warhead to maneuver the interceptor to the modified Prithvi before exploding. As part the announcement, V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Director-General, stated this latest success demonstrated India’s capability to effectively neutralize satellites belonging to an adversary.2

 

While not the primary purpose of the test of India’s ABM program, Sarawat’s statement reflects India’s interest in anti-satellite (ASAT) technology, and it has reportedly put together the necessary components to acquire such a capacity (see “India’s missile defense/anti-satellite nexus”, The Space Review, May 10, 2010). The question remains that, even with the necessary technology to acquire an ASAT capacity, does India now have a proven capability?

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