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How Japan's IHI Became the Quiet Face of the country's Satellite Ambitions
Japan's largest defense contractor IHI has begun receiving imagery from its own deployed observation satellites — a milestone that marks the country's quietest and most consequential shift in military posture since the 2014 reinterpretation of Article 9.
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- https://t.me/NikkeiAsia/2343
- https://t.me/NikkeiAsia/2344
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- https://t.me/NikkeiAsia/2345
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