US missile-defense brigade in Japan could expand rapidly under threat, commander says

September 16, 2020

The Army could send missile defense units from all over the world to Japan to safeguard allied forces in a contingency, according to the commander of an air defense unit near Tokyo.

The 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, which reactivated at Sagami General Depot, in Kanagawa prefecture, in October 2018, oversees air and missile defense units on mainland Japan, Okinawa, and Guam, said Col. Matthew Dalton, 46, of Portland, Conn.

“There are two main missions,” he said in an interview on Monday at his headquarters. “The defense of Japan and homeland defense”…

 

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