The Defense Ministry plans to establish a second space operations unit at the Air Self-Defense Force’s Hofu Kita Air Base in Yamaguchi Prefecture in fiscal 2022, informed sources said Saturday.
The squadron will monitor sabotage activities against Japanese satellites.
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