TOKYO (Yomiuri Shimbun/Asia News Network) – Japan’s defence ministry and military officials have voiced concerns that the collision between a US Navy destroyer and a tanker on Monday (Aug 21) may negatively affect the Japan-US security system regarding North Korea..
TOKYO (Yomiuri Shimbun/Asia News Network) – Japan’s defence ministry and military officials have voiced concerns that the collision between a US Navy destroyer and a tanker on Monday (Aug 21) may negatively affect the Japan-US security system regarding North Korea.
The USS John S. McCain, an Aegis-equipped destroyer, collided with an oil tanker three times its size off Singapore, in the early hours of Monday.
The warship is equipped with a defence system that detects and intercepts ballistic missiles, and its mishap happened amid growing anxiety over a possible new missile launch by Pyongyang.
