It's just a neighborhood watch program. Hey, that would sell to Americans too.
They could also name it Saving the Children watch program.
Why in the hell is this being released? We have no secrecy anymore. TREASON!
They released it to draw attention away from the really secret ones at even higher altitudes, especially those which are moon based.
Actually it just replaces an obsolescent ground based system that did the same thing and was recently closed.