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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan will Tuesday deploy an additional missile defense system on its northern island of Hokkaido, a defense ministry spokesman told AFP, days after North Korea launched a missile over the island. “We are deploying a PAC-3 system at about noon” to a base of the nation’s Ground Self-Defense Force in the southern tip of Hokkaido, said Kensaku Mizuseki. According to local officials, Japan has already deployed the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile […]
Japan deploys a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile defense system at a US military base in Tokyo as part of a previously scheduled drill, after North Korea’s launch of a missile over its territory. Hiroaki Maehara, commander of the air self defense forces explained to the Japanese troops the importance of drills for a missile defense system. “Practicing this kind of drill allows us to maintain our fast response system in the event of a […]
