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Japan ready to deploy Aegis ships, PAC 3 if North Korea test rocket

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Sankei Shimbun reported that Tokyo is mulling deploying Aegis destroyers in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea if North Korea proceed with the test of a rocket next month.

US Navy 101029-N-XXXXX-004 An SM-3 (Block 1A) missile is launched from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Kirishima (DD 174), succe
By U.S. Navy photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

PAC-3 air defense systems will be deployed in Tokyo and Okinawa to prevent any debris from the rocket from hitting Japan.

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