Jessica West on India's Recent Anti-Satellite Test

"India probably proclaimed that this anti-satellite test puts it in an elite club of major space powers, and that sends a message that to have power in outer space and to be among the elite means that you demonstrate a weapons capability and could insentivize others to do the same, much as we've seen with nuclear weapons"
This week in the office, Program Officer Jessica West discusses the global implications of India's recent anti-satellite test.