Expansion planned
The Japanese military carried out their assessment in the capital overnight.According to a military spokesman, the two sites surveyed were Shinjuku Park, a business hub in central Tokyo, and a site in Ichigaya, not far from the Imperial Palace and key government offices."We took surveys of buildings, which would be obstacles for the PAC-3, and conducted technical tests on communications," the spokesman said.Other sites in the capital would also be investigated, he said.PAC-3 missile defence systems have already been installed at two bases in Japan, with authorities planning an expansion to a total of 11 sites by 2011.The Japanese government is also co-operating with the US on ship-based missile defence systems.In December 2007, a Japanese warship successfully shot down a mock ballistic missile off Hawaii, in the first test of a system that will ultimately be installed on four destroyers.
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