MSDF destroyer returns after missile interception test

MSDF destroyer returns after missile interception test

SASEBO, Japan - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force Aegis destroyer Kongou returns to its home port in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Jan. 4 after a successful missile interception test with a Standard Missile-3 system on Dec. 17 in space over the Pacific near Hawaii. (Kyodo)

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