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Friday, January 19, 2007

Japan provides data to US army

Japanese Defense Ministry's Joint Staff Office is planning to provide the US military with intelligence collected by the Air Force outside the country. Defense Ministry officials also said that Japan and the US would deploy Aegis-equipped destroyers to the Sea of Japan, to "cope" with the DPRK's ballistic missiles.

If the plan is passed, Japan will share sensitive intelligence with the US armed forces. But discussions between the two to detail what will be provided and when are still underway.

The US military believes that with access to information from Japan's database, it could detect DPRK fighter planes taking off, and determine whether they are heading toward the Sea of Japan.

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