India Accelerates Space Shield Deployment As China Builds Orbital ‘Great Wall’

India is urgently ramping up its space-based defence capabilities in direct response to China’s rapid militarisation of space and the strategic lessons drawn from Operation Sindoor in May 2025.The government has cleared a ₹26,968-crore initiative—Space-Based Surveillance Phase-3 (SBS-3)—to deploy 52 dedicated defence satellites by 2029, aiming to establish a robust, sovereign space shield capable
India is urgently ramping up its space-based defence capabilities in direct response to China’s rapid militarisation of space and the strategic lessons drawn from Operation Sindoor in May 2025.The government has cleared a ₹26,968-crore initiative—Space-Based Surveillance Phase-3 (SBS-3)—to deploy 52 dedicated defence satellites by 2029, aiming to establish a robust, sovereign space shield capable
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