Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Japan To Develop Missile-Detecting Drones


The Ultimate Missile Defense: Drones? -- J. Michael Cole, The Diplomat

When back in April North Korea launched what the international community claimed was a ballistic missile, the country that had the most to fear from the launch — Japan — failed to track it, raising anxiety in Tokyo that its defenses against a missile attack by Pyongyang were insufficient.

Ironically, the reason why Japan’s ground radars and Aegis destroyers, backed by U.S. early-warning surveillance satellites, were unable to track the launch is because the launch was a failure: the object, which Pyongyang all along maintained was an orbiter, never reached high enough an altitude to allow for its detection.

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More News On Japan To Develop Missile-Detecting Drones

Report: Japan To Develop Missile-Detecting Drone -- Defense News/AFP
Japan plans development of missile-tracking UAVs
-- NextGov
Japan To Develop UAVs To Detect Nuclear Missiles -- Defense World
Japan developing unmanned drones to counter China, North Korea attacks -- Japan Daily Press
Missile-tracking drones may scan skies from FY20 -- Daily Yomiuri Online

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