Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that India has become the fourth nation to have tested an anti-satellite weapon, after the US, Russia and China. Modi said that Mission Shakti was succesfully test fired on Wednesday. 

With this, India has become an established nation in space power, Modi added. 

With the first phase of elections less than a fortnight away, PM Modi raised many eyebrows earlier in the day when he tweeted that he would address the nation. "Today I would be addressing the nation at around 11:45 AM - 12.00 noon with an important message. Do watch the address on television, radio or social media," PM Modi tweeted. Political pundits had noted that it was unusual for a prime minister to address the nation in the middle of the national election campaign.

The unprecedented address soon led to wide speculations that an announcement was on the anvil. 

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