India's Satellite-Kill Capability in the Crosshairs of a New Space Race

The US has just confirmed the deployment of its first-ever "on-orbit" space weapon, a declaration that has sent shockwaves through the global security community and forced India to confront an uncomfortable question: is its own anti-satellite (ASAT) capability enough to survive a new, high-tech arms race?

Headlines around the world are screaming about "Star Wars" returning, and while the US is keeping the specifics of its new "space control weapons" under wraps, the strategic...