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Japan: twenty Patriot PAC-3 systems have been ordered

Tokyo, Japan - Government would consider them relevant in order to increase national security against the North Korean ballistic missiles

The recent success of an important test regarding the Lockheed Martin Patriot PAC-3 anti-missile system (see for details AVIONEWS), would have particularly struck the military representatives of the Japanese armed forces, and Tokyo’s Government would have put forward a proposal for purchasing some 20 systems endowed of two missiles each, for a total value of about USD 79m. This request appears an i...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 102959
Rome, Italy, 09/08/2004 18:01
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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