Indian Anti-satellite Weapon and its Impact on South Asia

The discussion revolves around the value and vulnerability of Satellites as the nations that are in possession of these also possess the means to cause damage to them. Nations preserve supplementary benefit if rummage sale is for the betterment of Humanity instead of making the outer space more militarised. India has developed an ASAT Weapon which ignited multiple factors in the subcontinent which has two nuclear weapon states bound together by geographical contiguity. India is ambitiously vying for a global status by enhancing its military and anti-satellite weapon capabilities to make Pakistan feel insecure .This would usher in an arms race in the South Asian outer space and certainly be detrimental to the deterrence stability. An offensive ASAT capability would increase the cost for an antagonist nation in case of any misfortune, and hence counterbalance the benefits en mass. The Indian military vision of modernisation in advanced technology ,especially in space ,has motivated ,and encouraged its political leadership to take an aggressive position against Pakistan .The view rests on the assumption that attempts to dominate space are bound to backfire ,and a war in space between major powers will erupt- a war that cannot be won and must not be fought .In terms of the environmental consequences the spectre of debris-to-debris collisions, hazardous and the chain reaction is the worst form, However ,all could be a realistic scenario. The striving of the United States and some other nations, to prevent additional space debris, did formulate mitigation guidelines at the national and international levels .Although these guidelines were appreciated at all facets but could not be applied in letter and spirit.