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2006-07-20 China-Japan-Koreas

Japan, US to deploy Patriot interceptors

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Posted by Fred 2006-07-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Okinawa can't be the only place they're putting them. You'd need missiles on the west coasts of Hokkaido and Honshu to protect the main population centers.

Posted by Mike 2006-07-20 14:15|| 2006-07-20 14:15|| Front Page Top

#2 It would take an quite a number of Patriot batteries to cover even half of Japan, it's still pretty much a point defense system.

Posted by 6 2006-07-20 20:13|| 2006-07-20 20:13|| Front Page Top

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