Could pacifist Japan militarize outer space?
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Or, more precisely, back on Mother Earth, with an eye to changing the status quo in the heavens, and maybe soon: Even as the United States’ wearily militarized economy plods along, richly rewarding defense-contractor corporations like Halliburton and Blackwater Worldwide, and even as Russia’s armed forces boldly strut their tanks and ballistic missiles in Moscow’s Red Square, over in Japan, a parliamentary committee has a approved a bill that is expected to be submitted soon to a full session of the national Diet. The proposed new law “would allow Japan’s military [its Self-Defense Forces] to launch its own surveillance satellites and an early-warning satellite as part of the missile-defense system it is building in cooperation with its top ally, the United States.” Japan’s ruling coalition, led by the Liberal Democratic Party, and main opposition parties have agreed on the bill, which “is certain to pass.” (Reuters; see also the Toronto Star)
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