Anti-missile system News
Israel is locked in a multi-front battle with Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran. These countries are engaged in firing missiles at each other. While hundreds of missiles have been fired on Israel during the last one year, Jerusalem has managed to avoid large-scale devastation due to its advanced air defence system. Israel has developed a sophisticated multi-layered air defence system designed to protect against a wide variety of threats, including rockets, missiles, and drones.
The Japanese government led by Prime Minister Shizo Abe has decided to install a new anti-missile system on Hokkaido island after North Korea tested two missiles that flew over its territory, a Defence Ministry official said on Tuesday.
Russia and China agree that the development of North Korea`s nuclear programme should not be used as an excuse for deploying elements of a US global anti-missile system on the Korean peninsula.
China reiterated on Monday its opposition to the deployment of a sophisticated U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea.
The North`s leader Kim Jong-Un boasted early this month that the country was in the "final stages" of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Whether President-elect Donald Trump goes through with a deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea will be a key indicator to how political ties unfold with China, sources with ties to the leadership in Beijing said.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe takes North Korea`s firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile as a clear challenge to U.N. Security Council resolutions.
Taiwan plans to test-fire its newest anti-missile system for the first time in the US next month as relations with rival China deteriorate, a defence source and media reports said on Monday.
The reports also quoted Bahrain's Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Mohammed Al Khalifa as saying that GCC (the Gulf Cooperation Council) countries were planning a bigger Iron Dome than Israel's.
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