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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

US mulls deploying Patriot missiles around Tokyo area


Patriot Missile PAC-3

The US is considering deploying a missile defense system in the Tokyo area in the wake of North Korea's missile test launches and purported nuclear test earlier this year, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported yesterday.

Washington has unofficially informed the Japanese government it is considering putting Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) anti-missile batteries around Yokota Air Base in Tokyo's western suburbs, and around Yokosuka Naval Base south of the capital, the newspaper reported.

The added defenses would cover critical US military installations on the outskirts of one of the world's biggest metropolitan areas amid a flurry of new defenses being rolled out by the US and its regional allies as concerns rise about Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.

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