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To bolster protection against the threat posed by North Korean missiles, Japan is studying deploying a new land-based Aegis missile defence system in both Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan and Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan, a government source said on Saturday.
Under the plan, the Ground Self-Defence Force would operate Aegis Ashore systems at SDF facilities in those two prefectures. But some defence Ministry officials are opposed to the plan, the source said.
The cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to endorse the Aegis Ashore deployment in December, the source said.
Given that the purchase of the missile system is not included in the long-term defence programme outline, cabinet approval is needed for the deployment.
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The Defence Ministry has already requested money in the budget for the financial year starting next April for designing the Aegis Ashore programme.
Aegis Ashore uses the same components as used on US and Japanese Aegis destroyers. To provide coverage of all Japan, deployment of two such units is said to be sufficient.
To avoid an overlap in coverage, the government plans to deploy one in eastern Japan and another in western Japan. It will continue to study candidate sites, however, because an Aegis Ashore in Yamaguchi cannot cover some southwestern islands in Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures, the source said.

Under Japan’s current ballistic missile defence system, the Maritime Self-Defence Force’s Aegis destroyers equipped with Standard Missile-3 interceptors are tasked with stopping missiles in the outer atmosphere.
If they fail, the Air Self-Defence Force’s Patriot Advanced Capability-3 surface-to-air guided interceptors are the next line of defence against missile attack.
Introducing the Aegis Ashore system is expected to strengthen the country’s ballistic missile defence system even further.
Compared to the sea-based operations of Aegis destroyers, the land-based Aegis Ashore system makes it easier for the SDF to prepare for missile intercepts because the system would be installed at a stationary site.


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Japan mulling new missile interceptor deployment to guard against North Korea

Japanese Air Self-Defence Force shows the training to utilise the PAC-3 surface to air interceptors at the US Yokota Air Base in Fussa. Japan is studying deploying a new land-based Aegis missile defence system. Photo: AP

(FILES): This file photo released by the US Navy on December 11, 2003 shows a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) being launched December 11, 2003 from the Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie as part of the Missile Defense Agency's latest Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) test to defeat a medium range ballistic missile threat. The US Defense Department said late February 20, 2008 it had successfully used a ship-board missile to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite before it plummeted to Earth. "At approximately 10:26 pm today (0326 GMT Thursday), a US Navy Aegis warship, the USS Lake Erie, fired a single modified tactical standard missile 3, hitting the satellite approximately 247 kilometers (133 nautical miles) over the Pacific Ocean as it travelled in space more than 17,000 miles (44,000 kilometers) per hour," the Defense Department said in a statement. AFP PHOTO/FILES/US NAVY == GETTY OUT ==

Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) soldiers walk past a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit after Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (L) reviews the unit at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, October 8, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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The cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to endorse the Aegis Ashore deployment in December, a source said


Japan mulling new missile interceptor deployment to guard against North Korea

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to endorse the Aegis Ashore deployment in December, a source said

The cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to endorse the Aegis Ashore deployment in December, a source said