Okinawa Decision Has Missile Defense Element

By David A. Fulghum

By backpedaling on a campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine Corps airbase from Okinawa, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama may have nonetheless secured additional airborne cruise missile and tactical ballistic missile defenses for Japan.

China is seen as the cruise missile threat since it has developed a new, faster, long-range weapon that can be ...

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