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Japan to extend missile shield after N Korea threatens Guam

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The government has decided to deploy missile interceptors along the possible path of North Korean ballistic missiles fired toward Guam after Pyongyang threatened the U. S. Pacific territory, Defense Ministry officials said Friday. The government hopes to complete the deployment of the surface-to-air missile…
The government has decided to deploy missile interceptors along the possible path of North Korean ballistic missiles fired toward Guam after Pyongyang threatened the U. S. Pacific territory, Defense Ministry officials said Friday.
The government hopes to complete the deployment of the surface-to-air missile defense system in western Japan by Saturday morning after North Korea said it is « seriously examining » a plan to simultaneously fire four intermediate-range ballistic missiles over western Japan in an « enveloping strike at Guam.

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