Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
1994 Japan Special Weapons News
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- Nissan Motor Develops Missile Technology,
NIHON KEIZAI SHIMBUN 6 October 94
- JDA To Streamline Radar Network Operations,
Tokyo KYODO,
10 Sep 94
- Rabbits' Ears and Doves' Dreams: Stern Eyes Cast on the H-2: Military Diversion Feared by
the International Community Because No Technical Boundary Can Be Drawn Between
Military and Peaceful Uses,
Tokyo MAINICHI SHIMBUN,
24 Aug 94
- Rabbits' Ears and Doves' Dreams: The Theater Missile Defense Project,
Tokyo MAINICHI SHIMBUN,
17 Aug 94
- Rabbits' Ears and Doves' Dreams: Information on North Korea's Missile Test-Firing Kept
Secret -- only Bureaucrats Discuss Information With Foreign Minister and Others Kept In The
Dark,
Tokyo MAINICHI SHIMBUN,
14 Aug 94
- DA Requests Funding To Examine TMD Project,
Tokyo MAINICHI SHIMBUN,
5 Aug 94
- What Japan Must Do To Abide by Security Pact,
Tokyo SHOKUN by Atsuyuki Sassa, director, Cabinet National Security Office,
Aug 94
- Astounding Discrepancy of 70 Kilograms of Plutonium Warrants Shutdown of Troubled
Nuclear Fuel Plant in Japan 09 May 1994 Nuclear Control Institute
- Japan's Monju Breeder Reactor Goes Critical; Worsens Plutonium Glut and Proliferation
Risks 04 April 1994 Nuclear Control Institute
- Joint Announcement -- U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee (Text: Joint Announcement in Tokyo on 11 March 1994)
- Japan-U.S. Military Technology Cooperation,
by Aihiko Ueda, Defense Research Center,
Tokyo JAPAN-U.S. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION, 10 Mar 94
- NCI Challenges Japanese Nuclear Executive to Drink Plutonium or Withdraw Cartoon
Video Telling Children it is Safe Enough to Drink 24 February 1994 Nuclear Control Institute
- If North Korea builds nuclear weapons, Japan will follow By Barry Rothberg Duke University Chronicle February, 17 1994 "An article in the London Sunday Times on Jan. 30 ... cited a British Ministry of Defense report which stated that Japan has all of the components necessary to construct nuclear weapons; some U.S. analysts suggest that Tokyo could put a bomb together in a matter of weeks.... To complete its arsenal, Japan needs a reliable delivery system. On Feb. 3, Japan launched its H-2 missile, the first such project built entirely of Japanese technology. The H-2, capable of lofting satellites into orbit, was built partly to wean Japan's space program from dependence on U.S. technology and expertise. Japan also claims that the H-2 will allow competition in the lucrative satellite-launching business, currently dominated by the United States, the European Arianespace consortium, and Russia. Yet an H-2 launch is twice as expensive as an Ariane 4 launch, casting doubt on the competitiveness of the H-2 in the global market. However, the H-2 would make an excellent ICBM. Constructed entirely in Japan, the H-2 would provide the Japanese with a secure launching platform for nuclear weapons.... Japan is a screwdriver away from nuclear weapons, and anything the Japanese say to the contrary is simply untrue. How is a launch system twice as expensive as that of the competition going to provide satellite service for foreign customers?"
