The Japan News:
The U.S. government is considering asking Japan to deploy a large stationary radar in this nation, to help reinforce the U.S. system aimed at intercepting intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs, see below) targeting U.S. territories, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Washington intends to sound out Tokyo on the plan soon, according to multiple sources close to the Japanese and U.S. governments. The U.S. government is believed to envision possible attacks by China, Russia or North Korea.
According to the sources, the U.S. government is considering deploying in Japan a new radar called the Homeland Defense Radar (HDR). The HDR tracks ICBMs heading for the U.S. mainland as well as Hawaii, the U.S. territory of Guam and elsewhere, from locations close to the launch.
The U.S. government also plans to use the radar for monitoring killer satellites that attack satellites, and for observing space debris. It intends to share information obtained from the radar with the Self-Defense Forces, the sources said.
