US Japan to build network of missile-intercepting satellites

Washington DC (UPI) Aug 24, 2020

The United States and Japan are to jointly build a network of small satellites capable of detecting new missiles, as Tokyo warns of increasing threats from North Korea. The purpose of the satellites would be to complement the currently existing system of missile defense, which includes Japan's PAC-3 missile interceptors, the Nikkei reported Wednesday. Tokyo is growing increasingly wa