Japan plans to build a two-layered missile defense system using Patriot Advanced Capability 3 and SM-3 missiles, the Asahi Shimbun reported today (see GSN, April 17).

The Japanese Defense Agency will ask for the missiles in the fiscal 2004 budget, the newspaper reported.  Japan has been investigating a missile defense system largely because of the threat posed by North Korea (Xinhua News Agency, June 5).

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