Japan conducts missile interceptor drills at U.S. bases

Japan conducts missile interceptor drills at U.S. bases

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force practices deploying a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor at the U.S. Yokota Air Base in a Tokyo suburb on Aug. 29, 2017. The ASDF did the same at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture. North Korea fired a ballistic missile the same day that passed over the Japanese archipelago before falling into the Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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