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 by Staff Writers Tokyo (Sputnik) Oct 02, 2019
Previously, the US expressed concern that certain countries, namely China and Russia, may have developed and deployed anti-satellite weapons. Notably, India recently officially tested one such weapon by launching it into orbit. The latest issue of Japan's Defence White Paper has indicated that the country is planning to "achieve superiority" in new military domains, such as "space, cyberspace and electromagnetic spectrum" in light of ongoing global military developments. The paper mentions China and Russia as boosting their "capabilities to impede the US and its allies from using outer space". As part of the planned measures relating to the space domain, Japan named establishing a Space Situational Awareness (SSA) system by 2022 as a means to monitor threats to Japanese satellites. One step also includes "building the capability to disrupt" the network of "command, control, communication, computer, and intelligence" of potential enemies from space. Another major change to the country's forces will be enhancing its capabilities in cyberspace to deflect and "disrupt" attacks from possible opponents. US military officials have repeatedly expressed concern that Russia and China might be developing anti-satellite weapons. At the same time, Moscow has repeatedly cautioned Washington against taking steps towards militarising space. The anti-satellite weapons allegedly developed by these countries are not the only ones in the world. India recently conducted a successful test of its own anti-satellite weapon, while France has also announced plans to develop one. Source: RIA Novosti
India boosting military forces to combat cyber and space warfare New Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 23, 2019 After his election win, Prime Minister Narendra Modi doubled down on the modernisation of the Indian Armed Forces. Indian political analyst Amrita Dhillon has explained Modi's focus on the military build-up, the defence minister's statement on "no first use" of nuclear weapons, and Russia's competitive advantages as India's top arms supplier. Over the past few months, the Indian leadership has touched upon a number of defence issues including: first, the establishment of the Defence Space Agency ( ... read more
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