DefenceTalkFor reasons a senior defense official said included North Korean provocations, treaty commitments to Japan and U.S. national security interests, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today that the United States will send Japan two more Aegis-equipped ballistic-missile defense ships by 2017. The ships are designed to intercept ballistic missiles post-boost phase and before reentry. When […]https://www.defencetalk.com/hagel-us-sends-2-more-aegis-ships-to-japan-59247/