US-Japanese Missile Defense Shield

US-Japanese Missile Defense Shield

news.bbc.co.uk

*Japan has deployed a mobile defensive missile system near Tokyo for the first time to try to protect the capital in the event of a missile attack.
*For the system to work the Japanese and the United States have to share more data than they have before.
This worries some who question whether further integration of Japanese self-defence forces with the US military is appropriate for a country that is officially pacifist.

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[edit on 30-3-2007 by noyhcat]

Well, seems that Japan isn't all too convinced of the long-levity of North Korea's assents concerning its nuclear project. Also, NK's missiles don't have to be nuclear tipped...


news.bbc.co.uk
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[edit on 30-3-2007 by noyhcat]