Japan tests anti-missile system
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Japan uses a ship-based defence system to shoot down a ballistic missile, the first such test by a US ally.
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Japan and the United States agreed Friday to expand their cooperation on a ballistic missile defense shield, moving to protect themselves amid concerns that North Korea could test-fire a long-range missile.
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Japan and the United States on Friday agreed to boost co-operation in their missile defence programs - an important first step in carrying out new defence guidelines that ease Tokyo&#39;s strict postwar pacifism.
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A Japanese navy destroyer shot down  a ballistic missile in space on Monday in a test over the  Pacific, a first for a U.S. ally, a witness said.
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Islamabad, Nov 29 (UNI) Pakistan today testfired the Hatf-III Ghaznavi short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
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North Korea has successfully tested new short-range missiles and is close to making them operational, posing a threat to South Korea and Japan, a senior US defence official said.
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan successfully test-fired a short-range, nuclear-capable missile Monday in its efforts to beef up its national defense, a Defense Ministry official said.
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Japan and the United States, facing North Korea&#039;s apparent plans to test-launch a long-range missile, have agreed to deploy advanced Patriot interceptor missiles on American bases in Japan for the first time, officials said Monday.
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Japan launched its latest satellite Saturday, giving Tokyo the ability to spy on any location in the world.
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Japan said it has obtained intelligence indicating that North Korea may be preparing to test fire a short-range missile, in what would be the latest provocation from the communist country.
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Defense contractor tests system designed to protect airliners from laser-guided shoulder-fired missiles.
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A new U.S. guided missile destroyer headed to Japan on Saturday amid tensions over North Korea&#039;s missile tests.
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Russia's military on Tuesday successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads Â a weapon intended to replace aging Soviet-era missiles.
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The US and Japan have signed a new agreement on missile defense programs. It&#39;s considered a key step in carrying out new defense guidelines that ease Tokyo&#39;s pacifist stance, which is outlined in its constitution.
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The US says it has intercepted a dummy long-range missile in a test of its missile defence system.
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A test of a missile defense system successfully intercepted a ballistic target, the U.S. military said on Saturday, a boost to development of an anti-missile shield program.
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The United States and Japan have detected  signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic  missile with a range capable of hitting almost all of Japan,  Japanese government sources said on Thursday.