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USA will build an antimissile defense system in Japan

Tokyo, Japan - It was announced by Japanese Ministry of Defense

Japanese Ministry of Defense announced yesterday that United States will build an antimissile defense system in Okinawa island. The project, born in 1999, has been accelerated after the launch, by North Korea, on last July 5, of some missile against the Raising Sun archipelago, one of which able to arrive in USA (see for details AVIONEWS). The system will be based on PAC-3 missiles, Patriot advanced...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 145508
Rome, Italy, 07/21/2006 15:23
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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