Ex-DRDO chief VK Saraswat blames UPA for delaying A-SAT programme

As India today entered the elite space power club with the successful targeting of a live satellite with an anti-satellite weapon (A-SAT), ex-DRDO chief VK Saraswat, who was one of the key engineers of this project, spoke to India Today and explained why Mission Shakti is scientifically and technologically such a big accomplishment for the nation. He also opened up about how the project didnt get the go-ahead from the UPA govt in 2012.