Japan to Test Missile Defense Radar, Purchase PAC-3 System From U.S.

Japan’s Defense Agency will conduct tests in April of its newly developed radar for the country’s missile defense system. Japan began developing the new radar in 1999 when the country faced growing threats from North Korean ballistic missiles, according to Tokyo’s Daily Yomiuri (see GSN, Nov. 11, 2002).

Japan also plans to purchase U.S.-made Patriot Advanced Capability 3 missile interceptors in the next fiscal year (Daily Yomiuri, Feb. 19).

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