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Japan, U.S. Finishing Plans for New Radar
Japanese and U.S. military officials are finalizing plans to deploy a radar system for a missile shield at a Japanese air force base in northern Japan, defense officials said Friday. The high-resolution radar system, aimed at detecting and intercepting ballistic missiles, is to be deployed at the Shariki base in Tsugaru, Aomori prefecture, about 360 miles northeast of Tokyo.... Japan's Defense Facilities Administration Agency said the two countries are still finalizing the plan as part of ongoing talks on a broader realignment of U.S. military bases in Japan. Japan and the United States will hold talks next week on the realignment, which would reduce the U.S. military presence on a southern Japanese island and give Tokyo greater responsibility for security in the Asia-Pacific region, defense and Foreign Ministry officials said Friday. ... During the five-day talks beginning Tuesday in Honolulu, Hawaii, the two sides will discuss details of an October realignment agreement that includes a proposal to shift 7,000 U.S. Marines from Okinawa to the U.S. territory of Guam, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. This is good news. Yesterday I was thinking of posting a comment about moving all the Marines out of Okinawa to Guam. Guam is about 1/2 the size of Okinawa but has 1/9th the population and will give the Marines some room to train. Posted by: ed 2006-03-03 |
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