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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Japan's Defense Ministry seeks ¥176 bil to bolster missile

Patriot PAC-3The Defense Ministry said Monday it is seeking 176.1 billion yen to build up Japan’s ballistic missile shield after North Korean rocket launches earlier this year, as part of an overall 4,846.0 billion yen request for appropriations in the fiscal 2010 budget.

To brace for future missile launches toward Japan, the ministry plans to deploy batteries capable of launching Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors across the country, including the Tohoku, Hokkaido and Okinawa areas.

The PAC-3 system constitutes the lower part of Japan’s two-layer ballistic missile shield, which is designed to shoot down missiles in their terminal phase if the sea-launched Standard Missile-3 interceptor fails to intercept them outside the atmosphere.

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