Japan To Launch a Military Space Force In 2019

Taco Cowboy writes Japan is planning to launch a military space force by 2019. The Mainichi Shimbun is reporting that Japan plans to create a "space force" within its existing Self Defence Force, hoping to have it operational by 2019. Japan would provide the US military with information obtained by the force as part of the joint bid to strengthen ties in space, the so-called "fourth battlefield", Kyodo news agency said, citing unnamed sources. Note that this plan, which involves simply looking into space using old civilian astronomy equipment and radar, is just the beginning. The transforming space fighters and combat mechs will presumably come later.

But what of the children...

[hooiberg]

... required to operate those space mechs? Child Labour is frowned upon, these enlightened days.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Which of the hypothetical weapons is slated to protect us from Planet Bankruptcy?

Re:But what of the children...

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you confusing Japan with China?