SASEBO, Nagasaki Pref. (Kyodo) Japan plans to purchase 36 missiles from the United States between 2007 and 2010 for deployment on Aegis-equipped destroyers under the missile defense program, government sources said Tuesday.
The Defense Agency plans to conduct a joint test with the U.S. around 2008 in Hawaii for one of the Standard Missile 3 interceptors by deploying it on the destroyer Kongo, which is equipped with the advanced Aegis air-defense system, the sources said.
The agency hopes to complete SM-3 deployment on the Kongo by the end of 2007.
Following the Kongo, the agency plans to install them on the Chokai, the Myoko and the Kirishima, the sources said.
Japan plans to purchase around nine SM-3s a year during the period, but the details have yet to be decided, the sources said.
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