Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo shows the deck of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Atago, a destroyer equipped with the Aegis missile interceptor system, at a U.S. Navy base in San Diego, California, on June 10, 2013. The vessel, in California to take part in a drill designed to practice recapturing control of remote islands, was shown to reporters.

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