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Japan uses PAC-3 to shoot missile down in US desert.
 Japan said Thursday it had shot down a mock missile in the US desert, taking another step to build a shield with the United States against a possible North Korean attack.Japan became the first country other than the United States to test the new US-developed Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3), a surface-to-air missile that tracks and hits incoming targets, the defence ministry said. In the test Wednesday in the southwestern US state of New Mexico, Japan's air force shot down a mock missile that was launched from 120 kilometres (75 miles) away, a defence ministry spokesman said. "The success of the test was significant as it proved that Japan's missile defence system will function effectively," the spokesman said. Posted by: 3dc 2008-09-20 |
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