Japanese satellite

Japan intends to fund a military-reconnaissance satellite programme in its 2001-5 five-year defence plan. The Government has given its initial approval to acquiring a commercial satellite for self-defence use, to avoid conflict with the ban on its military use of space. The Japan Defence Agency plans to form an Information ...

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