Air SDF, U.S. forces to test missile defenses at Yokota base
By TAKATERU DOI/ Staff Writer
July 13, 2017 at 15:50 JST
The Air Self-Defense Force will test its capabilities to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles in a joint training exercise with U.S. troops at the hub of the two allies' defense cooperation--Yokota Air Base.
The exercise, which could be held as early as August, would continue a series of moves designed to placate a Japanese population worried about increasing military provocations by North Korea in the form of ballistic missile launches.
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