India reveals additional details of ASAT missile test

摘要

India's government-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has revealed additional details about the successful test-firing on 27 March of its first anti-satellite (ASAT) missile that destroyed one of the country's own satellites in space. Briefing the media on 6 April, DRDO head G Satheesh Reddy stated that the 13 m-high, three-stage interceptor missile, which was fitted with two solid-pro-pellant rocket motor stages and a hit-to-kill capable 'kill vehicle' (KV), was employed to target the satellite under 'Mission Shakti' (Strength).