In order to strengthen the strength of the network and space troops, the Japanese Self -Defense Force will establish a 4,000 -person net army and space forces in 2027, and is preparing to dig horn talents with high salaries.
Japanese media sources said that the Ministry of Defense plans to set up a "quick battle high -skilled self -defense officer" system next year to introduce special talents in the field of networks and space in the field to build advanced fields for the Self -Defense Force to improve combat effectiveness.
Network defense is a new field of official expansion. The goal is to increase from more than 100 people to 4,000 in 2027.The task is to ensure the security of the information system, the network attacks of professional units, the development of network attack prevention technology, and cross -departmental joint defense network attacks.
The Japanese media quoted the Senior officials of the Japanese media that the battlefield had expanded to including space and network space.If you do not step up new fields, it will inevitably affect the battle.In addition, increasingly rampant malware and cyber attacks have made the defense environment more complicated, and threats continue to increase.
Asahi Shimbun quoted sources as saying that the Japanese Self -Defense Force, a troops specializing in "outer space", had begun to move.With North Korea's launch of military spy satellites, Japan's security problems in the outer space have been threatened.The Ministry of Defense has upgraded the space combat brigade last year, and the number of people has increased to about 200.
The Universe combat brigade established by the Japanese Air Self -Defense Force in the Central Air Force Base in Tokyo is a troops responsible for monitoring the universe military activities.The troops implement space surveillance and analysis work, combined with the information of the Japanese universe center, the US and private corporate radar, to monitor the possibility of satellite collision.
The second universe combat squadron is located at Yamaguchi County base. The task is to monitor whether Japanese satellites are disturbed by other countries. The main surveillance targets are China and Russia.
A senior researcher Fukushima Kangren, a senior researcher specifically studying the space policy of the Japanese Defense Research Institute, said that the United States has used satellite communication to operate drones since the late 1990s, and uses a global positioning system to guide combat.Countries that are capable of attacking satellites are increasing, which makes people worry that space will become a new battlefield.
