Strategic Autonomy Over Glory: Pak's Threat From DC Forces A Rethink Of India's Space Programme

Pakistan’s sabre-rattling from DC shows that without strategic autonomy, India's Space startups, bound to overseas partners, risk eroding the very independence the programme was built to protect.

India has had big plans for its space programme over the past five years. The Indian government implemented space reforms, introduced the National Space Policy 2022, and the space economy became part of business discussions. Start-ups are no longer just part of urban lore. This was done because India has favourable economic forecasts for the coming decades. In the space sector, the Indian government repeatedly stated its aim to capture 15% of the total global space economy by 2047. There was never any reason to believe that India’s growth would not face geopolitical and geoeconomic upheavals.

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