Japan reorients space effort to bolster security, drive exports

What country has the need or the right to militarize space? To take our squabbles into space is literally a step in the wrong direction....

Global navigation satellite system market has huge commercial potential for both NEC and Mitsubishi. Developing military capabilities is a costly and diverse market, forging a partnership to share the cost as well as the risk could be a way forward. Shared research and development is a area worth considering investment.

Japan reorients space effort to bolster security, drive exports

The man is seriously deluded, like Reagan was with his Star Wars fantasy.

measures will see Tokyo increase its fleet of global-positioning satellites to seven over the next decade, up from one now, to make Japan independent of other countries for uses from navigating vehicles to guiding weapons systems

To counter the threat from Argentina?

It's well known that China has been working on anti-satellite capability for fighting with the US, so it only makes sense for Japan to work on adequate defenses. As for not having the right to militarize space, perhaps the martians should send their army to put a stop to it.

China's satellites would shoot down Japan's satellites.

Trust but verify for yourself what your adversaries are doing.

Kinetic bombardment. All I'm sayin.

Hurry up with the mobile suits Abe! Japan needs gundams!