Does India needs ASAT weapons ?
Do we have to ask this question ....
WWI was fought on land and seas
WWII was fought on land , seas an air .
WWIII won't happen but ....
But conflicts will continue ! Covert operations like Stuxnet have potential to cause damage beyond imagination .... ( I am just quoting here to cite importance of websecurity ...I know stuxnext has nothing to do with ASAT weapon ...)
The secured communication and information will be key to defense in 22'nd century ...
and ability to target those vital installations of information traffic will be key to offensive capability ...
The new age conflicts will happen in Cyber and Space domain .....
Satellites will form the backbone of the navigation, communication and Information ...
And hence India needs to have ASAT weapon ....to stay relevant in changing geo-political system .
I do not understand how can people even ask that question as to whether India needs it or not ....
Question should be how soon ?
India has building blocks for AST weapons...but it is not immediate priority , yet reasaech must continue ....
How soon then we should get ASAT weapon ?
my answer is after we have fullfiled our immediate needs such as K4 SLBM ...and MIRV/MARV capability . we should focus on ASAT weapons ...
we have to prepare for future now .... because today's future is tomorrow's present !!!