Seoul mulls leasing spy satellite from Israel

South Korea heavily relies on the United States to provide intelligence data gathered from space. With its indigenous spy satellite program facing delays, Seoul is considering leasing a spy satellite from Israel.

Satellite image of Korea 2004-01-04
By Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC (http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6148) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons