U.S. Army forms missile defense radar unit in Japan

U.S. Army forms missile defense radar unit in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - A U.S. Army company tasked with operating an X-band radar early warning system for missile launches is inaugurated in a ceremony at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Kyogamisaki camp on the Japan Sea coast in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2014.

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