
日本拟将航空自卫队改编为“航空宇宙自卫队”,并加速构建快速卫星发射体系与战术AI卫星研发
日本防卫省计划强化太空运输能力,以确保卫星情报收集的稳定性。日方拟将航空自卫队更名为“航空宇宙自卫队”,通过与民间企业合作研发快速发射技术及战术AI卫星,旨在构建军事侦察体系并提升太空作战能力。
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日本正在加速利用人造卫星构建军事侦察体系,并计划将航空自卫队改编为“航空宇宙自卫队”。
据日本方面9日消息,日本防卫省已敲定方针,将开展相关调研强化太空运输能力,保障人造卫星情报收集活动稳定运行。
日本防卫省认为,当前多国不断推进太空军事利用,太空在安全保障层面的战略重要性持续上升。因此,日本计划在本财年内,将航空自卫队改编为“航空宇宙自卫队”,加强利用人造卫星进行情报收集等活动。
此外,日方担忧,一旦发生紧急事态,在轨人造卫星可能丧失功能,因此需要建立应急机制,依靠备用卫星快速恢复情报收集能力。为此,防卫省决定开展调查研究,强化太空运输能力。
具体而言,防卫省近期将面向民间企业公开征集方案,重点研究短时间内制造卫星运载火箭、配套发射方式以及项目成本等课题,力争在明年2月前后敲定合作企业。在此基础上,防卫省还将结合调研成果,制定全新的“太空运输构想”。
近年来,日本不断加速利用人造卫星构建军事侦察体系,意欲何为?又将对地区安全局势带来哪些影响呢?
日本防卫政务官若林洋平今年5月称,日方低轨军事侦察网络“卫星星座”已于4月起开始运行。“卫星星座”被视为日本版的“星链”。 此外,日本还在研发更前沿的战术AI卫星,计划2027到2029年间研制实验机型,最快于2030财年进行太空在轨测试。
总台军事观察员 魏东旭:日本在太空作战的野心空前膨胀。目前,日本正在进行两方面准备。首先,构建起快速卫星发射体系,让日本民间技术公司去研制低成本快速发射的小型运载火箭,这样就可以在短时间内向低轨层面发射更多的通信卫星和侦察卫星,支持日本对外军事扩张和海外的派兵行动。而且现在日本的导弹越打越远,25式陆基反舰导弹的射程已经接近1000公里。未来改进型的巡航导弹,包括升级版本的高超音速导弹的打击距离会进一步延伸,这就需要更多的卫星在广阔的区域内进行目标的侦察获取。
总台军事观察员 魏东旭:其次,日本更加强化在轨卫星的情报分析能力,也就是研制和发射AI卫星。AI卫星最大的优势是在获取情报之后,它可以自主进行情报的分析和筛选,只把高价值的目标和自卫队作战所需的最重要的情报传输给地面,以此支持日方作战行动。
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日本防卫省将于明年2月前后敲定合作企业。
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