Tag: Missile Defense Agency
The potential militarization or weaponization of space could become the biggest threat to its peaceful use and to the development of international cooperation. Over the recent 50 years, great progress has been achieved in the military, commercial, and scientific development of outer space, but it has not been transformed into a new field for potential armed conflict, largely due to an international agreement in place to prevent the worst.
Japan is planning “to develop the drone, which will be equipped with an infrared sensor to seek out low-altitude missiles that could help detect a North Korean nuclear missile attack and to counter China’s military buildup”, the Japanese defense ministry report said on November 4… Being a US strategic ally and having a special agreement on missile defense technology cooperation, Japan’s will provide full access to whatever it comes up with to the United States. It means an advent of a new killing component for Russian intercontinental strategic ballistic missiles (ICBM) is to be expected pretty soon. Now the issue of US (and allies) – Russia divergence on the issue is becoming much more complicated than it has been until now…
