WASHINGTON -- Japan and the U.S. paved the way to start planning specific ways to deploy counterstrike capabilities in their joint defense and foreign policy talks Wednesday, including through sharing intelligence from spy satellites.
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A rendering of a U.S. military satellite. Japan would be able to employ data from such assets for defense purposes. (Image courtesy of Lockheed Martin)
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