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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Japan deploys its own Patriots


Patriot PAC3 in slow motion

The vision of Junichiro Koizumi to create an anti-ballistic missile shield over Japan took a giant leap towards fulfillment Friday.

On that day, Japan's Air Self-defense Force announced that its first battery of U.S.-built Patriot Advanced Capability-3, or PAC-3s was operational at the Iruma Air Base north of Tokyo to defend the Japanese capital, the Kyodo news agency reported.

Koizumi during his five years as Japans prime minister made the creation of a close U.S.-Japanese strategic alliance to jointly develop BMD defenses for his country the top national strategic priority. Since he left office in September, his handpicked successor Shinzo Abe has loyally pushed ahead with the same policy.

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