Concerned over 'threats' in space: Pentagon defends India's A-Sat test

"The first lesson from the Indian A-Sat is just the simple question of why did they do that. And the answer should be is that they did that because they are concerned about threats to their nation from space," US said. On March 27, India achieved a historic feat by shooting down its own low-orbit satellite with a ground-to-space missile.

from Times of India http://bit.ly/2InCPO2