What the US essentially did was exactly this. That country made a media hype first and then evaluated the best answer to the problem that could encounter. And provided the best solutionfor it.
India must also start doing such experiments as that might be required in the future time. We must also see to it that our functioning satellite are not targetted. And if targetted, we must be able to maneuver our satellites out.
But have we got that many satellites to make these costly target Practice?