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Also the Japanese Aegis involved in the Iraqi mission

Yokosuka, Japan - Strong pacifists protests because it's an inconstitutional act

The Kirishima warship is, at least externally, as the others, medium size (7,250 tons) and with a crew of just 250. But technologically it is one of most high-tech mean ever constructed, ready giving a support of fundamental importance to USA in an eventual conflict with Iraq. The warship in issue in fact is equipped with the Aegis modern antimissile system, able to reveal, at he same time, up to...

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