JAPAN WILL ACCELERATE ACQUISITION OF AEGIS ASHORE ABM SYSTEM: The decision was made August 17. Deploying the anti-ballistic missile system in Japan had been under discussion for quite sometime, as this StrategyPage post from early July notes. The StrategyPage report also mentions AEGIS Ashore is deployed in Romania. That’s part of a system to defend Europe from Iran. Iran is a threat.
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