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High level of radiation detected in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A local Iraqi human rights activist and Japanese civic group members have detected radiation levels 300 times higher than normal around the remains of an antiaircraft gun abandoned by the former Iraqi army 2 kilometers from the center of the southern city of Samawah, the activist said Jan. 10. Japan's noncombat ground troops will be dispatched to the city to prepare for the deployment of core units to help Iraq's reconstruction.

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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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(2)Japan conducts missile interception drill off Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese destroyer Murasame launches an antiaircraft missile in a missile interception drill June 30 off Hawaii as part of a U.S.-led multinational naval exercise dubbed RIMPAC 2002.

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(1)Japan conducts missile interception drill off Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Japan's Aegis destroyer Kirishima launches an antiaircraft missile in a missile interception drill June 30 off Hawaii as part of a U.S.-led multinational naval exercise dubbed RIMPAC 2002.

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Missiles appear to be loaded on U.S. warship at Yokosuka base

YOKOSUKA, Japan - What appear to be missiles are loaded on the U.S. guided missile destroyer Curtis Wilbur at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 14. The loading was conducted amid watchful security and done by crane from an anchoring site at the base that stores supplies such as ammunition and fuel. The Curtis Wilbur is capable of carrying 90 antiaircraft, air-launched cruise and antisubmarine missiles.

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MSDF warship practices firing missiles in RIMPAC 2000

HONOLULU, United States - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) warship practices firing antiaircraft missiles June 5 in RIMPAC 2000, a series of joint military drills involving seven countries in waters off Hawaii. The Aegis-type vessel is one of eight warships dispatched by the MSDF, which has also sent about 2,000 sailors, a submarine and eight P-3C antisubmarine aircraft to take part in the monthlong exercises which began May 30.

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Missiles appear to be loaded on U.S. warship at Yokosuka base

YOKOSUKA, Japan - What appear to be missiles are loaded on the U.S. guided missile destroyer Curtis Wilbur at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 14. The loading was conducted amid watchful security and done by crane from an anchoring site at the base that stores supplies such as ammunition and fuel. The Curtis Wilbur is capable of carrying 90 antiaircraft, air-launched cruise and antisubmarine missiles.

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(2)Japan conducts missile interception drill off Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese destroyer Murasame launches an antiaircraft missile in a missile interception drill June 30 off Hawaii as part of a U.S.-led multinational naval exercise dubbed RIMPAC 2002.

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(1)Japan conducts missile interception drill off Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Japan's Aegis destroyer Kirishima launches an antiaircraft missile in a missile interception drill June 30 off Hawaii as part of a U.S.-led multinational naval exercise dubbed RIMPAC 2002.

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High level of radiation detected in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A local Iraqi human rights activist and Japanese civic group members have detected radiation levels 300 times higher than normal around the remains of an antiaircraft gun abandoned by the former Iraqi army 2 kilometers from the center of the southern city of Samawah, the activist said Jan. 10. Japan's noncombat ground troops will be dispatched to the city to prepare for the deployment of core units to help Iraq's reconstruction. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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MSDF warship practices firing missiles in RIMPAC 2000

HONOLULU, United States - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) warship practices firing antiaircraft missiles June 5 in RIMPAC 2000, a series of joint military drills involving seven countries in waters off Hawaii. The Aegis-type vessel is one of eight warships dispatched by the MSDF, which has also sent about 2,000 sailors, a submarine and eight P-3C antisubmarine aircraft to take part in the monthlong exercises which began May 30.