''Historic moment for us'': Shatrughan Sinha hails ISRO and DRDO scientists following India's game-changing 'Mission Shakti' A-SAT Anti-satellite test

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation and announced that India has become a space superpower after its first-ever anti-satellite weapon shot down a Low-Orbit Satellite in the space, a mission which was named "Mission Shakti".

Following this massive announcement, many well-known celebrities and politicians took to Twitter to laud PM Modi and the ISRO scientists for the successful operation. Veteran Bollywood actor and current Lok Sabha MP Shatrughan Sinha too took to the micro-blogging site to congratulate the people associated with "Mission Shakti" and called it a 'historic moment' for India. 

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Prior to this, in a much-anticipated address, PM Modi mentioned that this step will be a 'game-changer' and that the weapon which the country now possesses is just for its own safety, and not as a show of power against any country.

"India has entered its name as an elite space power. An anti-satellite weapon A-SAT, successfully targeted a live satellite on a low earth orbit. India has registered herself as a Space Power today; till now only US, Russia and China have achieved this; now India is the 4th country to achieve this feat. It was a very difficult mission. It is a very proud moment for India and its citizens today. I would like to congratulate the scientists of India who operated the mission successfully," PM Modi said while addressing the nation on Wednesday morning"

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