Japan Starting Work on New Recce Satellites

Japan has committed $44 million to developing a "fifth generation" of information-gathering satellites, the country's euphemism for its military reconnaissance satellites. The satellites are expected to have improved performance, and are planned for launch in about 2009. Japan has a pair of recce...

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