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Taiwan plans to launch a spy satellite costing 300 million dollars as a result of China's continued hostility towards the island, a newspaper reported Monday. The satellite would be able to send clear photographs of areas less than a meter square in size, the United Daily News said. Taiwan currently operates a research satellite designed to send photos of areas as small as two meters square which Beijing says it fears could be used for military purposes. But Taipei insists the satellite, called Formosa II, which was launched in May in the United States, only monitors the island's land mass and surrounding waters and studies atmospheric conditions. Taiwan launched a 15-year space program in October 1991. Military analysts say that without its own spy satellite, Taiwan cannot establish a functional missile defence system. China has at least 730 short-range ballistic missiles, mostly deployed in coastal provinces facing Taiwan, according to Taiwanese officials. Since pro-independence president Chen Shui-bian was re-elected in March, Beijing has reiterated its warning to invade Taiwan should it declare formal independence. All rights reserved. © 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
Greece Studies Satellite Spyware Against Illegal Migrants And Home-Builders
Athens (AFP) Sep 26, 2005Equally concerned by illegal immigrants crossing the Aegean Sea and by unregulated home-building across the country, the Greek government is considering employing satellite technology to keep an eye on both problems, a leading Greek daily reported on Saturday. |
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