France to Spend Over $4 Billion on Anti-Spy Satellite Capability

French President Emmanuel Macron reviews a troop of French sailors on June 18, 2018, at the Mont Valerien national memorial in Suresnes, outside Paris. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images

France will invest 3.6 billion euros ($4.2 billion) to renew and upgrade its military satellites to shield its network from potential spying by rivals, its defense minister said on Sunday, Sept. 9.

“We will install surveillance cameras on our satellites so we will know who is approaching us,” Defense Minister Florence Parly said on French TV station CNews.