[FPSPACE] Indian spacetrack, ASAT

[Allen Thomson]

http://www.domain-b.com/defence/general/20100104_anti_satellite.html


DRDO to develop anti-satellite technologies
04 January 2010  
  
Thiruvananthapuram: India's defence research establishment will place greater emphasis on developing technologies that will provide the country with increased space-related security, according to the director general of the country's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Dr VK Saraswat.  This will include developing capabilities in the field of anti-satellite technology.

"We have the building blocks...What is needed is technology to track the movements of enemy satellites, for instance before making a kinetic kill. We are trying to build a credible deterrence capability...Many of these technologies may never be used," said Dr Saraswat, who is also scientific adviser to defence minister, AK Antony.

He was speaking on the sidelines of the Indian Science Congress.