NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said at the beginning of this week, reacting to India's successful anti-satellite missile test, that this has caused debris of about 400 pieces in space and has provided space for astronauts of the International Space Station (ISS) There has also been a danger for them. However, Indian experts had termed this comment of NASA chief as 'nonsense'. Now the US Defense Office Pentagon has again supported India on this issue and has expressed disagreement with NASA chief's remarks.
India had killed a Live Satellite in the lower orbit of Earth from the satellite piercing missile on 27 March and along with it, it was joined in the queue of Russia, China, America, countries of the world achieving such potential. These countries gave a lasting response to India's mission Shakti program. While Russia had talked of working with India in the field of space, a similar statement came from the United States. Between the international 'concerns' of spreading the debris in space with India's achievement, US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said on March 28 that he believes that debris will eventually be destroyed.
Meanwhile, American Space Agency NASA, however, commented separately. NASA chief Bridenstine said on Monday that after this India's test, 400 pieces of debris have spread in space and this has led to human danger in the ISS. During this comment of NASA chief, on Thursday, when the question was asked whether the Pentagon is still on Shanahan's issue, spokesman Charlie Summers gave the answer with a 'yes'.
In the year 2007, during the course of such testing by China, in the space of spreading the maximum 3,000 pieces of debris in space, Shanahan said in the last week that he is confident that India did his best to avoid that situation during his trial and therefore lower orbit Live satellites were disrupted in
Indian scientists have also described the remarks of NASA chief as "nonsense" on India's growing step in space. India has already made it clear that this test does not violate international law and neither promotes arms race in space. With this, he had tried to overcome Indian concerns of spreading debris in space, by saying that they would be destroyed in a few days on earth. According to India's top defense scientists, the debris spread in space will disappear in about 45 days due to the dropping live satellite from the satellite piercing missile.
Meanwhile, US National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis said that he is keeping an eye on the situation of wrecks in space after this India trial. He also said that America will continue working with India to meet common interests in space.
