Mission Shakti: PM Modi had the courage, UPA didn’t give nod Says DRDO ex-chief on Anti Satellite Missile
Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair also said that India had the anti-satellite missile capability more than a decade ago but there was no political will at the time to demonstrate it. Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the success of Mission Shakti, former DRDO chief VK Saraswat on Wednesday said had the erstwhile UPA government given clearances, India would have had anti-satellite missile capability way back in 2014-15. Saraswat was seconded by former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair, who also said that India had the anti-satellite missile capability more than a decade ago but there was no political will at the time to demonstrate it. “We made presentations to the then National Security Adviser and National Security Council when such discussions were held. They were heard by all concerned, unfortunately, we didn’t get a positive response (from UPA), so we didn’t go ahead,” ANI quoted Saraswat as saying. During that time, Shiv Shankar Menon was the NSA. ...