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Global Security December 3, 2009 Japanese, U.S. Armies to Hold Missile Defense Drill The armies of Japan and the United States are expected to test their missile defense preparedness in a military exercise next Monday, the Washington Times reported (see GSN, Oct. 28). "The scenario is one that involves major combat operations," said Lt. Gen. Benjamin Mixon, the U.S. Army's Pacific commander. The annual joint exercise, called "Mountain Cherry Blossom," will test missile defenses, air defenses and ground combat readiness, the general said. Set to take place on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the drill "reinforces the commitment we have in our defense relationship with the Japanese military," Mixon said in Hawaii. The two nations are collaborating on missile defense because "naturally there is a missile threat that exists within the region," Mixon said in an apparent reference to North Korea. Approximately 5,000 U.S. and Japanese soldiers are expected to participate in the drill at Camp Hagashi Chitose, a U.S. Army spokeswoman said. Japan has received assistance from Washington in building up its missile defenses, which include land-based Patriot Advanced Capability 3 missile defense systems and sea-based Standard Missile 3 interceptors deployed on two Aegis warships (Bill Gertz, Washington Times, Dec. 3). =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ============================== --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: arch...@mail-archive.com EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bNM5nn.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: antinato-unsubscr...@topica.com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
