Mission Shakti is related to which of the following?
India's anti-satellite missile test
India's anti-satellite missile test is correct.
Mission Shakti was conducted by DRDO on 27 March 2019 from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. A ballistic missile interceptor destroyed a live Indian satellite, Microsat-R, in low earth orbit at about 300 km altitude.
With this test India became the fourth country, after the USA, Russia and China, to demonstrate an anti-satellite (ASAT) capability. It was not a nuclear programme or a general missile development programme.
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