AFP File photo of Japanese troops in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa 06 December 2004.
AFP File photo of Japanese troops in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa 06 December 2004. |
A high-capacity commercial satellite will cover the area known as "the arc of instability" from the Middle East to East Asia, the Mainichi Shimbun reported Monday.
The communications satellite will send real-time images to Japan from wherever Japan's Self-Defense Force is operating abroad.
The satellite is expected to cover Japan, East Asia and parts of the Middle East and Africa, almost the same area as the arc of instability designated by the U.S. State Department. The agency plans to share intelligence information gathered by the system with the U.S. military, the report said.
The plan falls under a Cabinet-approved program to increase the use of information technology to counter "new t hreats," including international terrorism.
The system is based on the assumption that Japanese troops will continue operating in the areas it covers as part of international U.N. peacekeeping operations, the newspaper reported.
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