Japanese Space Strategy: Deploying a Credible Deterrent
On August 31, 1998, North Korea fired a Taepodong 1 missile into Japanese airspace, taking allies and adversaries by surprise. Fifteen years later, China emerged as an even more ominous concern for Japan’s security. Following the summer 1998 incident, it took another quarter of a century for Japan to emancipate itself from pacifist policies, revamp […]
Japanese Space Strategy: Deploying a Credible Deterrent was originally published on Global Security Review.