Japan intercepts missile in milestone test
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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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India successfully test fired a long-range nuclear-capable Agni II missile off its eastern coast of Orissa on Sunday, a defence ministry spokesman said.
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The United States and Japan have detected  signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic  missile capable of reaching almost anywhere in Japan, Japanese  government sources said on Thursday.
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The U.S. military shot down a target   ballistic missile over the Pacific on Friday in the widest test   of its emerging antimissile shield in 18 months, the Defense   Department announced.
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India has successfully test-fired a naval version of its Prithvi-III nuclear-capable missile, defence sources say. The launch took place on Wednesday in the Bay of Bengal off Chandipur in the state of Orissa.
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Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, which gives its the capability to observe any location around the globe.
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An interceptor missile destroyed a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean on Friday in a key test of the nation's missile defense system, officials said.
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The United States, Japan, and South Korea have increased security measures after detecting signs of a possible North Korean test launch of its Rohdong ballistic missile (range: approximately 1,300km).
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tanegashima Island, Japan, 11 September: The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency launched a rocket carrying an intelligence- gathering satellite from Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture on Monday [11 September].
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Japan and the United States signed an  agreement on Friday cementing cooperation on the development of  a ballistic missile defense system.
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India successfully test fired a  long-range nuclear-capable Agni II missile off its eastern  coast of Orissa Sunday, a defense ministry spokesman said.
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Japan and the United States have signed an agreement to encourage cooperation on developing a missile defense system. Japanese Defense Minister Yoshinori Ono signed a memorandum of understanding
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A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer with   the navy's most advanced combat weapon system arrived in Japan   on Saturday as tensions surrounding North Korea's missile tests   remained high.
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Navy Self-defence force in 100-mile-high skeet shoot Japan has become the second nation to acquire functioning ballistic-missile defence equipment, carrying out a successful shootdown yesterday. A target rocket representing a medium-range enemy missile was engaged and destroyed 100 miles above the Pacific by a Standard SM-3 interceptor fired from a Japanese warship, JS Kongo. The target took off from the US Navy missile range facility on Kauai, Hawaii.â¦
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Japan prepared to launch its third  intelligence-gathering satellite on Monday, enhancing its  ability to monitor neighbouring North Korea two months after  Pyongyang shocked the region with a barrage of missile tests.
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India test-launched an Agni II surface-to-surface missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons yesterday. The trial, on the testing range on Wheeler Island off eastern Orissa state, was the third trial of the
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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.