Ministry of Defense to strengthen space surveillance Request for budget estimate for next fiscal year
The Ministry of Defense is adjusting the budget request for next year's budget request to about 5.3 trillion yen, which is the largest ever, and plans to include expenses to enhance the monitoring capabilities of suspicious satellites and other devices.
The government has outlined the defense plan outline that was compiled last year, and is striving to strengthen its defense capabilities in space. The policy is to include expenses to enhance the space surveillance capabilities.
Specifically, we are working on the installation of an optical telescope in space in order to monitor suspicious satellites and ever-increasing space debris.
In addition, since the Self-Defense Force units share various information through satellite communications, we will include the cost of introducing a device that grasps radio interference to communication satellites operated by the Ministry of Defense.
In addition, we plan to include the cost of refurbishing the Izumo, the largest escort ship of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, which is effectively “aircraft carrier”, and the purchase of the latest stealth fighter, F35B.
In addition, in order to prevent reconnaissance by a suspicious small drone = drone, etc., it is also necessary to pay for the installation of a device that makes it impossible to fly by sending jamming radio waves, and a drone that performs surveillance and monitoring in the sea. I have decided.