Japan intercepts missile in milestone test
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A Japanese navy destroyer shot down a ballistic missile in space on Monday in a test over the Pacific, a first for a U.S. ally, a witness said.
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Heavy vehicles and other equipment related to the upcoming deployment of advanced Patriot interceptor missiles at American bases on southern Okinawa island arrived in Japan on Saturday, news reports said.
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Pakistan Tuesday successfully  test-fired a ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear  warheads as part of its efforts to boost its defenses, a  military statement said.
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The U.S. military shot down a target   ballistic missile over the Pacific on Friday in the widest test   of its emerging anti-missile shield in 18 months, the Defense   Department announced.
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Japan says it now believes signs of activity around a suspected North Korean missile site are part of routine military drills. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda told reporters Friday that Japan will
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North Korea has fired short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan, Japan's Kyodo news agency reports.
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The U.S. military shot down a target missile using its long-range missile defense system yesterday, the first time such a test has intercepted a mock enemy warhead since 2002, officials said.
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Russia test-launched an older intercontinental ballistic missile from the Baikonur station in Kazakhstan on Monday, the strategic rocket forces said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Nov 30 (SADA) - Pakistan conducted a test of its nuclear- capable ballistic missile on Monday as part of efforts to boost its defenses, the state-run television reported.
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Elite Japanese troops rappelled from helicopters and soldiers raced across the water in speed boats in a multinational exercise off Japan's coast Tuesday aimed at intercepting weapons of mass destruction at sea.
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Japan sent two destroyers and a surveillance plane to the Sea of Japan on Thursday, American and Japanese government officials said, after the United States and Japan detected signs that North Korea was preparing to test a ballistic missile capable of
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After nearly a decade of trying, Japan has succeeded in establishing a network of spy satellites that can peer at any point on the globe, officials said Monday.
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A test of a missile defense system successfully intercepted a ballistic target, the U.S. military said on Saturday, a boost to development of an anti-missile shield program.
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1st Ld-Writethru: Japan launches spy satellite with H-2A rocket    TOKYO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan launched a spy satellite with an H-2A rocket on Monday from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan's Kagoshima prefecture, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.
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Japan uses a ship-based defence system to shoot down a ballistic missile, the first such test by a US ally.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tanegashima Island, Japan, 11 September: The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency launched a rocket carrying an intelligence- gathering satellite from Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture on Monday [11 September].
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Japan and the United States agreed Friday to expand their cooperation on a ballistic missile defense shield, moving to protect themselves amid concerns that North Korea could test-fire a long-range missile.