Japan is considering building new destroyers specializing in missile defense, as an alternative to an abandoned plan to introduce the Aegis Ashore land-based missile interceptor system, it was learned Thursday.

The government is examining the idea of equipping the destroyers with Aegis Ashore radars and equipment to find and intercept missiles, government and ruling-party sources said.

Japan scrapped the Aegis Ashore deployment plan due to technical reasons. But it had concluded a contract on the system with the United States…

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