TANEGASHIMA (Japan): Japan sent two spy satellites into orbit yesterday, infuriating heavily armed neighbour North Korea, whose firing of a missile over Japan in 1998 prompted the move.
Pyongyang denounced the launch, which will give Tokyo its first independent opportunity to scrutinise North Korea from space, as a “hostile act” that could set off an arms race in the region.
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