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Thursday, September 08, 2011

Japan begins collecting data to boost accuracy of missile detection

SM-3The Defense Ministry started activities Tuesday involving launching mock missiles and collecting data in a bid to boost the accuracy of detecting and tracking missiles under the missile defense plan.

In the simulated launch, an Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter plane fires a missile, which is not loaded, off the Noto Peninsula in central Japan facing the Sea of Japan, according to ministry officials.

The operation, involving the launch of a total of 15 mock missiles by the end of March 2013, will cost about 8.2 billion yen.

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