Kinda hard to “shoot down” something in orbit (as the wreckage remains in orbit and unlike waht the movies show, doesn’t just immediately fall from the sky) , but it seems they bullseyed it with a ground-based interceptor.

India shoots down satellite in test, Modi hails arrival as space power

On one hand: congrats for the technical achievement.

On the other hand: this shows that such abilities are becoming more and more readily available. And while India is not an enemy state, the US *does* have both vital space-based infrastructure *and* enemies. Thus driving home the importance of developing a true Space Force capable of defending what we’ve got as well as replacing what we lose.