W00t! Japan to create Space Defense Force!
Okay, maybe I’m jumping the gun a little…but when I read that “Japan’s lower house authorized the use of outer space for defense purposes…” I get a little misty-eyed and start hoping they’ll dredge the wreck of the Yamato off the ocean floor and retrofit it with batteries of laser cannons and wave motion guns. C’mon, I know I’m not alone here…
The upper house may pass the bill into law as early as next week, said Yoshihiko Noda, an opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker who worked on the bill. The DPJ holds the most seats in the upper house.
The legislation provides for a new cabinet position to oversee Japan’s space program, including defense. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan’s largest aerospace company, is among companies that may win contracts, said Kazuto Suzuki, an associate professor at Tsukuba University northeast of Tokyo.
“This is a historic shift of Japan’s space program from research and development to practice,” said Suzuki, author of a book on European space policy.
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