Category: Space

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.

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

John Schilling wrote on the 38 North that North Korea might have an operational Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile capability by next year.

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Both South Korea and the United States detected an attempt by North Korea to launch a Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile on Oct. 15. The launch was a failure.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe told lawmakers from the Upper House Budget Committee that his government is giving serious consideration into the recovery of debris from North Korean ballistic missiles fired into the sea off Japan.

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