Japón desplegará mas misiles Patriot para defenderse de Corea del Norte/ Japan plans more Patriot systems to shoot down N. Korean missiles

Japón desplegará mas baterías de misiles Patriot como defensa de un posible ataque de Corea de Norte. Actualmente Japón solo tiene el Patriot desplegado en tres bases, desde ahora lo será en las principales islas.
Japón considera a Corea del Norte uno de los principales problemas para su seguridad desde el lanzamiento por Corea del Norte de un misil de largo alcance en
1998.
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Japan will deploy a larger network of land-based U.S. Patriot PAC-3 systems to ensure effective defenses against North Korean ballistic missiles, a draft defense document says.
Patriot missiles were previously deployed only at three air bases in Japan but in the near future additional systems will be placed on all major Japanese islands.
North Korea became one of Tokyo's biggest security worries after it test-fired a long-range ballistic missile over Japan in 1998, prompting Tokyo to begin researching missile defense.
Japanese military is particularly concerned about N. Korean medium-range ballistic missiles with the flight range of 1,300 kilometers.
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