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The second AN/TPY-2 X-band radar in Japan will likely be located at a base in Kyogamisaki, Kyoto Prefecture. The decision to base the radar in Central Japan could be due to the fact that any North Korean missile headed for Guam or Hawaii will fly over.
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The U.S. Army could deploy its second JLENS system overseas soon.
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Saab has received two new orders from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for an upgrade of Sweden’s ground based air defense.
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USS Lake Erie successfully intercepted a target missile with a SM-3 Block IA interceptor using data coming from the Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Demonstrators (STSS-D).
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Sweden’s deputy prime minister Jan Björklund said in an interview published on Sunday with Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper that Sweden should buy Patriot missiles and place them on on the Baltic island of Gotland.
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