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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| 'Japan to start North Korean reconnaissance' |
| 2006-09-18 |
| TOKYO: Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) plans to submit a bill to parliament as early as this year allowing military use of space for defensive purposes, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily said on Sunday. If passed, the new law would enable the government to launch reconnaissance satellites for defence purposes, enabling it to detect North Korean missile launches and other military incidents, the paper said. Japan's use of space is currently limited to non-military purposes under a strict interpretation of a UN treaty that Tokyo ratified in 1967. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Does anyone here feel that we're playing an updated version of GMT Games' Twilight Struggle? Barbara, as long as North Korea still has some [go] liberties through China, we won't get anywhere. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-09-18 17:58 |
| #5 Hee hee hee.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-09-18 15:51 |
| #4 Thomort, this isn't a chess game. It's a go game, and Japan wants sente. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-09-18 12:59 |
| #3 Careful, Kimmy, I saw a Japanese space-based death ray in a circa 1950s movie |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-09-18 11:02 |
| #2 Oh shit. |
| Posted by: Jintao Hu 2006-09-18 09:44 |
| #1 Things are a changin in the East. There is a very big chess game going on. |
| Posted by: Thomort Flomoling3198 2006-09-18 06:56 |