Japanese officials are now said to be considering a way to revive the Aegis Ashore project by keeping the deckhouse with its AN/SPY-7 radar. The SM-3 Block IIA interceptors will be deployed on warships instead.
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Category: Air Defense
Watch in slow motion as JSM blew mock radar emitter into pieces
Taiwan deploys Patriot unit outside Taipei City Zoo as part of Han Kuang Exercise
Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang wargames has started on Jul. 13, delayed this year due to COVID-19. The exercise saw the military deploying a Patriot air defense missile unit to the carpark of the Taipei City Zoo.
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Japan to consider sharing air defense radar information with Philippines in order to track Chinese aircraft
News reports from Japan says Tokyo is mulling over a plan to share air defense radar information with the Philippines in order to better track Chinese aircraft heading out to the Pacific Ocean.
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Patriot unit at Japan’s Ministry of Defense gets PAC-3 MSE intercetors
The MIM-104 Patriot air defense missile unit deployed on the grounds of Japan’s Ministry of Defense in Tokyo’s Ichigaya district has been upgraded with the PAC-3 MSE interceptor missile.
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