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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Japan completes missile defense system deployment

Japan completed deploying a ballistic missile defence system in the Tokyo area on Saturday, a day after North Korea reportedly fired short-range missiles off its west coast, news reports said.

Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) surface-to-air interceptors were installed at a Japanese groundforce base in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, Jiji Press said.

It was the fourth and last set of interceptors for the nation's four-part missile defence system protecting Tokyo as the pacifist nation beefs up its military capability in the face of North Korea and China.

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