U.S. Space Force to beef up Japan unit amid growing threat in region

The U.S. Space Force aims to beef up its fledgling unit in Japan to counter the evolving threats coming from the Indo-Pacific region, where China and Russia are developing space capabilities and North Korea continues to test-fire ballistic missiles, a U.S. commander said."While there's only a limited number of personnel today, we're going to grow that component over the next year or two into the fully capable system that we think we need here in Japan as a part of a larger network in the Indo Pacific," Lt. Gen. David Miller, head of the U.S. Space Operations Command, told a recent interview…READ FULL ARTICLE