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9780804700634

In Defense of Japan

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  • ISBN13:

    9780804700634

  • ISBN10:

    080470063X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-08-12
  • Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

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Summary

In Defense of Japanprovides the first complete, up-to-date, English-language account of the history, politics, and policy of Japan's strategic space development. The dual-use nature of space technologies, meaning that they cut across both market and military applications, has had two important consequences for Japan. First, Japan has developed space technologies for the market in its civilian space program that have yet to be commercially competitive. Second, faced with rising geopolitical uncertainties and in the interest of their own economics, the makers of such technologies have been critical players in the shift from the market to the military in Japan's space capabilities and policy. This book shows how the sum total of market-to-military moves across space launch vehicles, satellites and spacecraft, and emerging related technologies, already mark Japan as an advanced military space power.

Author Biography

Saadia M. Pekkanen is Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor at the Jackson School of International Studies, and Adjunct Professor of Law, at the University of Washington, Seattle. Paul Kallender-Umezu is Japan Correspondent for Space News, and has been published widely in Japanese and domestic international media.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figuresp. ix
Prefacep. xi
List of Abbreviationsp. xv
The Market-to-Military Trendp. 1
Evolution of Japan's Space Policyp. 24
The Playersp. 54
Launch Vehiclesp. 95
Satellites and Spacecraftp. 130
Emerging Technologiesp. 173
In Defense of Japanp. 223
p. 253
p. 269
Notesp. 279
Indexp. 363
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