"Great achievement for our country": Shikhar Dhawan lauds PM Modi and ISRO over 'Mission Shakti' gamechanger

Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan shared his first reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's massive Wednesday morning announcement regarding India's incredible anti-satellite. After the Prime Minister announced to the country that 'Mission Shakti' - entailing the downing of a Low-Earth Orbit satellite by an indigenous Anti-Satellite weapon (A-SAT) - had been successfully accomplished in just three minutes, Cricketer Dhawan took to Twitter and congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ISRO.

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Apart from him, Bollywood actor and Lok Sabha MP Paresh Rawal too took to Twitter and stated that "Mission Shakti" was a 'Quantum leap'. He then went on to 'salute' the scientists who were part of the operation. 

Prior to this, in a much-anticipated address, PM Modi said that `Mission Shakti’ was a difficult target to achieve but was completed within three minutes of the missile launch. 

Today is 27th March. A while ago, India achieved a historic feat. India today registered itself as a space power. Till now, 3 countries of the world- America, Russia, & China had this achievement. India is the 4th country to have achieved this feat,” he said. 

“The ASAT missile will give new strength to India's space program. I assure the international community that our capability won't be used against anyone but is purely India's defence initiative for its security,” he said. 

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