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23.08.2019

The potential military rivalry of world powers in space made Japan think about creating satellites that could destroy similar devices of other countries.

As early as the second half of 2020, Japan may launch killer satellites into orbit, the main function of which is to destroy other satellites in the event of a threat from them.

Currently, the Japan Self-Defense Forces have satellites in orbit that are only capable of collecting and transmitting information to Earth. At the same time, the country considers the scenario of a space confrontation and the preparation of combat satellites by Russia and China to be quite real, so the Japanese Ministry of Defense intends to prepare its own response to a potential threat.

In addition to killer satellites, Japan is working on creating electronic warfare equipment in space and protecting its satellites from similar technologies from other countries.

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