European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 1 2007 stars and stripes Page 9 Japan deploys its first advanced Patriot system Kyodo pac3 launchers arrive at the Irma Sel defense forces base in Sahara just North of Tokyo Early Friday by Mari Yamaguchi the associated press began deploy ing its first advanced Patriot mis Sile defense system Friday near Tokyo part of an Effort to accelerate missile defense capabilities following North Korea missile and nuclear tests last year the instalment comes about a year earlier than originally scheduled two pac3 launchers brought in on about 10 military trucks arrived at the Irma Sel defense forces base in Shitama North of Tokyo just before Dawn Japan is feh attention customers Are you searching for a new Home but cant sign a military contract come see us first we offer Homes and apartments that dont require a military contract or guarantor perfect for contractors retirees those separating from the military and 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last resort if interceptors fired from or japanese ships fail to Knock out incoming missiles Japan will begin introducing Stan Dard missile3 interceptors on its destroyers Over the next few years As part of that Effort defense minister Fumio Kyuma welcomed fridays deployment we will continue to improve our preparedness by steadily achieving deployment plans that Are coming he said the Patriot surface air mis Siles offer Protection for a relatively limited area a radius of about 60 Miles they work on a Hitt Okill basis As the target missile is making its descent toward its target rather than intercepting the target at a higher Altitude earlier in its flight Japan stepped up its missile de lenses after North Korea shot a ballistic missile Over its main is land in 1998 Tokyo decided to fur ther accelerate the building of its missile shield following North to reas test of Long Range ballistic missiles in july and its nuclear test in october last month the military deployed a newly operational detachment of Patriot missiles at a base on Okinawa where most of the roughly american troops in the country Are based the missiles Are believed to Cost roughly million each defense contractor Lockheed Martin which makes the pac3 said in january that it expects to expand its ballistic mis Sile defense business overseas in the next few years As regions such As Asia face growing missile threats from North Korea and other hostile states Lockheed officials said South Korea and Taiwan have expressed interest in buying the lat est version of the Patriot missile India and some countries in the Middle East May also eventually buy the program the company said missile silo fixes will Cost millions by Mary Pemberton the associated press Anchorage Alaska the missile defense Agency is looking at a million repair Bill to re place electronics at seven missile silos under construction at fort Greely after the components were ruined by unprecedented flooding the electrical components were damaged when under ground rooms next to the missile silos flooded last summer during record setting Rains the Greely area considered just about perfect for missile silos because of its Low water table of Over 200 feet deep and porous Gla Cial gravel normally receives an average of 11 inches of rain a year Over a 10day period last june it received More than half that amount the situation was made worse when a whole Bunch of Circum stances occurred at the same time including North Korea threat ening and then eventually launch ing a Long Range missile that failed said it cmdr Sean Kelly a spokes Man for the United states North Ern command at Peterson air Force base in Colorado the flooding problem had no Impact on Greely ability to re Spond to the crisis because the flooded silos were under construction and did not contain missiles Kelly said Rick Lehner spokesman for the missile defense Agency also said the flooding problem did not affect Greely readiness to re Spond to the threat from North Korea Greeley other silos were equipped with missiles and on Alert he said also missiles could be fired from Vandenburg air Force base in California if needed fort Greely has 26 silos of which seven were under construction at the time the silos were still being built and there were no interceptors in Lehner said their water detection alarms had been turned off because the rooms were under construction at the time Kelly said Lehner said civilian construction Crews could not be held responsible for not detecting the flooding because they we rent being allowed onto Greely be cause of the tense situation with North Korea according to the missile de sense Agency from june 1627 the missile defense Complex at Greely received Over 6 inches of rain the Rains flooded the 85foot silos and seven prefabricated underground rooms adjoining them that contained the electronics the rooms were under construction at the time and their underground drainage system was not Complete Between no water and 63 feet of water flooded the silos the underground rooms were flooded with Between and 15 feet of water
