mo4ch:>India’s military research chief touts MORE ‘space deterrence’ weapons after satellite-killer test | Mo4ch News

The chief of India’s military research agency has announced plans to expand ‘deterrence’ capabilities in space, extolling prospective orbital and laser weapons, after its successful test of an anti-satellite missile last month.“We are working on a number of technologies like directed-energy weapons (DEWs), lasers, electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and co-orbital weapons,” Chairman of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Dr. Satheesh Reddy teased, at a press conference on Saturday.Also on rt.comIndia caught between superpowers in ‘star wars’ arms race, says expert in space politicsStressing that India has achieved new “deterrence” capabilities matching those of US, Russia and China, he shared details and results of the “direct ascent, kinetic kill” anti-satellite test that India conducted on March 27.In a mission dubbed Shakhti, which means ‘power’ in Hindi, the modified, three-stage ballistic missile defense interceptor was able to strike a Microsat-R satellite on a 283-…