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Saturday, April 06, 2013

US to deploy spy plane in Japan

RQ-4 Global Hawk |The US military is set to deploy an unmanned spy plane in Japan to boost surveillance capabilities as North Korea apparently readied for missile launches, a newspaper report said on Saturday.

The Global Hawk will be stationed at the US airbase in Misawa, northern Japan, in the first ever deployment of the aircraft in the country, the Sankei Shimbun reported, quoting government sources.

The US military informed Japan last month about plans to deploy the plane between June and September but may bring the date forward, it said, following reports about North Korea's preparations for missile launches.

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  1. Benjamin Trapnell8/6/14 18:24

    Please do not assume all pictures found on the internet are open source. I would appreciate that you give credit to the photographer for the use of this image. Oh, by the way, that photographer is me!

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