European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 312007 and stripes s3whmmsbj paces expert us Japan ready to counter n Korea by David Allen stars and stripes Naha Okinawa Japan and the United states Are in an Excel Lent position to counter the threat of North to reas development of nuclear weapons and bal Listic mis Siles a Tokyo based aerospace and defense Catling consultant said thurs Day at the us consulate on Oki Nawa North Korea test firing of a missile Over Japan last july and a nuclear test in october is proof the country is developing the capability to strike a crippling blow to Japan said Lance galling a former state department foreign officer who now Heads a defense consultant says missile defense plan can oppose threat and space consulting firm a recent Japan ministry of de sense strategic review called North Korea weapons develop ment the greatest threat to peace in East Asia Japan is particularly vulnerable because it is so close to North Korea and nearly half the Popula Tion is in just four Urban centers primarily Tokyo Catling said this makes it very difficult to defend he said having weapons of mass destruction so close to a highly concentrated Popula Tion is a very bad combination Catling said the us and Japan have developed a missile defense plan to counter such a threat us and japanese destroyers armed with Aegis missiles patrol the sea of Japan Japan is rapidly deploying pac3 missiles around Tokyo and other major Urban areas he said and has been assisted by the recent deployment of a us pac3 Battery on Okinawa an integrated detection system should be Able to catch a missile threat in time to respond he added likening the ability to detect incoming missiles by radar and heat detecting satellites to having the Edge in a game of whack mole in Washington on tuesday air Force it Gen Henry Obering head of the us defense depart ments missile defense Agency said a japanese Aegis equipped destroyer will test fire a us interceptor missile called a Stan Dard missile 3 by the end of the year in a written testimony to the House armed services commit kanto Plains Baptist Church Southern Baptist Church Tel 042551 1915 fax Sun Sun evening 6pm Sun worship 11 am wed evening pm r ii Zzz be inae Myokan Alram International Christian Assembly Yoko Christian Center located just South of Supply Gate on it 16 Vult our we the at prayer sunday school worship service am am am childrens Church English japanes am holy grounds 1 st sunday All Church prayer 2nd sunday Fellowship sunday 3rd sunday prayer walk 4th sunday pm pm pm pm family night adult Bible study youth Royal rangers and min Lonetta Honor bound mens ministries prayer breakfast 3rd saturday All Church work Day sunday pm pm pm 111 am am Church office 0425514772 Pino Nige 0425514966 Putorti cell 09034373206 tutors Linda Alvarez tees strategic forces subcommittee Obering said it will be the first such firing by a maritime ally we initially turned our Atten Tion to North Korea because we Felt that had the higher sense of urgency and we believe that was somewhat justified by the activities last summer Obering stated Gatling said concerns that a missile defense system is some How provocative Are baseless they Are purely defensive he said Only Good if you fire a missile at me its the same message coming from Obering at a state depart ment briefing he said missile de sense weapons Are not offensive weapons they do not even carry War Heads he said there Are no explosives on these missiles we operate on a Hitt Okiu technology which is we actually drive a very Small kill vehicle into an enemy warhead to destroy it gating said the state depart ment brought him to Okinawa to conduct a series of briefings for local journalists and government officials on the missile defense system being developed by the us and Japan theres a lot of misunderstand ing about missiles themselves which leads to misunderstand Ings of missile defense he said email David Allen at members of the Tuskegee airmen the first Black aviators in the army air corps from left Clar ence c Jamison or Arthur Saun Ders James Travis and Tho Mas Austin pose in front of a projected p51 in Cleveland  the Cleveland Ohio Plain dealer Bush honors Tuskegee airmen the associated press Washington president Bush saluted the Tuskegee air men on thursday six decades after they completed their world War ii Mission and returned Home to a country that discriminated against them because they were Black even the nazis asked Why Afri can american men would fight for a country that treated them so unfairly Bush told the group of legendary Black aviators who received a congressional Gold medal the most prestigious Congress has to offer Bush saluted the airmen say ing he wanted to offer the gesture to help atone for All the unreturned salutes and unforgivable indignities they endured Bush members of Congress and other dignitaries joined some 300 airmen widows and other relatives for the ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda hours ahead of the event Tuskegee airmen some walking with the Aid of canes others pushed in wheel chairs flooded Capitol Hall ways on their Way to being recognized for their Long ago heroism its never too late for your country to say that youve done a great Job for us retired col Elmer d Jones 89 of Arlington a said in an interview this week Jones was a maintenance officer during the War retired it col Walter l Mccreary who was shot from the sky during a Mission in october 1944 and held prisoner for nine months in Germany said it Hurt the groups accomplishments had not been honoured years earlier we took it in stride its a recognition Long overdue said Mccreary also 89 of Burke a House majority whip Jim cry Burn dec the highest ranking Black member of Congress ech oed Mccreary sentiment Many of the Tuskegee airmen also trained at Walterboro army air Field in his congressional District people Are now beginning to come 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