Coalition leader urges dispatch of Aegis destroyer

Coalition leader urges dispatch of Aegis destroyer

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Takeshi Noda (C), leader of the New Conservative Party (NCP), the smallest of the three ruling parties, listens to an officer during his inspection tour of the 7,250-ton Kirishima, one of Japan's four Aegis destroyers equipped with advanced antimissile and antiaircraft systems, in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 27. Afterwards, Noda urged the dispatch of the destroyer to support U.S.-led antiterror operations in and near Afghanistan.

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