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'Japan Using Joint Drill with US to Prepare for Possible Attacks'

Written: 2010-12-09 12:17:27Updated: 2010-12-09 13:33:54

'Japan Using Joint Drill with US to Prepare for Possible Attacks'

A Japanese daily says that the ongoing joint military drill between the U.S. and Japan is aimed at enhancing Tokyo’s preparations for a potential war on the Korean Peninsula.

The Tokyo Shimbun said that through the drill, Japan aims to boost its ability to intercept ballistic missiles that could be launched at Japan and the U.S. bases on Japanese territory and to counter aerial raids on Japan’s third largest island of Kyushu in the case of an emergency.

The U.S. and Japan began a massive joint military drill on December third off the coast of Japan, with 44-thousand forces from both sides participating. The exercise will end on Friday.

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