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Japanese Defense Minister Warns of North Korean Missile Threat Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba has warned that North Korean ballistic missiles could quickly hit targets in Japan, highlighting the need for a Japanese missile defense system, the Sydney Morning Herald reported today (see GSN, Sept. 2). Ishiba is leading efforts to have Tokyo approve plans for a missile defense system, according to the Herald. He has requested almost $2 billion to develop such a system, with a goal of having it operational by 2006. During a speech in the central Japanese city of Nagoya, Ishiba warned that a North Korean missile could hit the city within eight minutes. “We currently have no means of intercepting them,” Ishiba said. “Should they carry chemical and biological weapons, tens of thousands of people would die,” he said (Shane Green, Sydney Morning Herald, Sept. 10).
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