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100 1 _aJ M JAMALUDDIN
245 _aJapan's military modernisation:
_bbigger budget and revised constitution
260 _c2006
520 _aThe Japan Defence Agency wants the government to increase military spending to expand missile defences following ballistic tests by North Korea in July. Japan's maritime self defence force wants to purchase a new Aegis class destroyer furnished with a standard missle 3 interceptor system. The current and perceived threats Japan decided to join the $50 billion US missile shield programme after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan in 1998.
650 _aJAPAN
_xSECURITY
598 _aBMD, JAPAN, SECURITY, ASIAN, DEFENCE, KOREA
773 _aAsian Defence Journal:
_g September 2006, pp.4-7 (131)
945 _i20942-1001
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