Stars and Stripes:
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A Japanese Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor will deploy next month to the headquarters of U.S. Forces Japan and the 5th Air Force in Tokyo, Japanese media reports say.
Training with the PAC-3 will be part of efforts to counter North Korean missile threats, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported Thursday.
The nuclear-armed communist regime has conducted numerous missile tests this year that appear to be preparation for strikes on U.S. bases in the Western Pacific.
A spokesman for Japan’s Defense Ministry said he could not confirm that the training would take place, and Air Force officials did not immediately respond to questions about it…
