How the US Space Force will work to protect Japan’s national security

[RYAN ROBERTSON]

U-S SPACE FORCE GUARDIANS ARE DEPLOYING TO JAPAN. IN A MOVE MEANT TO BOLSTER THE JAPANESE SELF DEFENSE FORCES AGAINST THREATS FROM RUSSIA, CHINA AND NORTH KOREA, THE U-S ACTIVATED ITS FIRST SPACE FORCE UNIT IN JAPAN AT YOKOTA AIR BASE, JUST WEST OF TOKYO.

THE UNIT WILL GIVE JAPAN ITS FIRST EVER SPACE SURVEILLANCE AND MISSILE WARNING SYSTEMS.

IT WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR GREATER COORDINATION BETWEEN THE U-S MILITARY AND THE SPACE OPERATIONS GROUP OF THE JAPANESE AIR FORCE.

THE PENTAGON SAYS THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO STRENGTHEN BOTH COUNTRIES NATIONAL SECURITY AND PROVIDE STEPPED-UP REGIONAL SECURITY AT A TIME WHEN RELATIONS WITH MOSCOW, PYONGYANG AND BEIJING AREN’T EXACTLY CALM

THE WHITE HOUSE ALREADY CONFIRMED RUSSIA IS WORKING ON AN ANTI-SATELLITE WEAPON AND THE U-S SPACE FORCE SAID IN OCTOBER CHINA IS QUICKLY MAKING GAINS ON SPACE-BASED MILITARY SYSTEMS TOO.

OH, AND ON TOP OF THAT, NORTH KOREA CLAIMS IT SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED ITS FIRST SPY SATELLITE LAST YEAR. 

PYONGYANG IS PROMISING MORE WILL GO INTO ORBIT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR IN A BID TO MAKE THE COUNTRY A SO-CALLED “SPACE POWER.”

DESPITE U-S ADVERSARIES VYING FOR SPACE SUPERIORITY, THE D-O-D MAINTAINS IT’S CONFIDENT THE NEW UNIT WILL DISCOURAGE ATTACKS FROM ENEMIES IN THE INDO-PACIFIC.

THE U-S, AND JAPAN ARE ALSO COORDINATING SPACE DEFENSE WITH AUSTRALIA.  INCLUDING DEVELOPING LOW ORBIT SATELLITES TO HELP COUNTER HYPERSONIC MISSILES, WHICH RUSSIA, CHINA AND NORTH KOREA ALL CLAIM TO HAVE.

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