Modi says India shoots down satellite on low earth orbit

A man records the address of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, March 27, 2019. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday in a surprise address to the nation claimed Indian scientists shot down a live satellite on a low earth orbit (LEO) with an anti-satellite weapon A-SAT. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)