Pyongyang, November 19 (KCNA) -- The "Space Development Strategy Center" of Japan decided to deploy for action an early warning satellite in two or three years to come and include the spending for this in the budget for fiscal 2009, according to Asahi Shimbun and other media of Japan.
Rodong Sinmun Wednesday says in a signed commentary in this regard:
Japan's above-said plan is obviously aimed at holding a military edge in space and mounting a preemptive attack on other countries any time.
The Japanese reactionaries have pushed forward their moves for building a space intelligence network by launching several spy satellites already, pursuant to the U.S. policy on space militarization. Keeping pace with this, they are putting spurs to building a joint missile defense system together with the U.S. and an independent missile defense system under the pretext of "missile threat" from someone.
Once the Japanese reactionaries establish the early warning satellite system, Japan will be fully ready to mount preemptive attacks on other countries any moment. Herein lies the danger of their scenario to establish the above-said system.
Japan's undisguised moves for space militarization are a grave criminal action as they will spark off and escalate an arms race in the space to turn the peaceful outer space into a theatre of war and threaten the very existence of human beings and the development of civilization and world peace and security.
It is as clear as noonday that their reckless moves for space militarization will escalate the arms race in the space and increase war danger in the international arena. In short, Japan's above-mentioned moves are actions against peace and humanity.
Japan should drop its reckless moves for space militarization wrecking world peace and security and sparking off a new arms race and increasing the danger of war.