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03-08-2006, 05:47 PM
Japan, US to jointly test missile defence system this week http://www.zeenews.com/images/sm_news.jpg Tokyo, Mar 07: Japan and the United States will test fire an interceptor of their jointly developed next generation shipborne missile system later this week, a Japanese defence official said today.
The two allies are currently developing a new version of the US sea-based Standard Missile 3 (SM-3), amid growing concern about North Korea and rising tension between Japan and China.
Under the plan, they will launch a conventional SM-3 with a nose cone prototype, from a US aegis destroyer off Hawaii, to shoot down a flying target, the defence agency official said.
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=280 127&sid=WOR
The two allies are currently developing a new version of the US sea-based Standard Missile 3 (SM-3), amid growing concern about North Korea and rising tension between Japan and China.
Under the plan, they will launch a conventional SM-3 with a nose cone prototype, from a US aegis destroyer off Hawaii, to shoot down a flying target, the defence agency official said.
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=280 127&sid=WOR