TOKYO (AP): The US will deploy two additional ballistic missile defence destroyers to Japan by 2017 as part of an effort to bolster protection from North Korean missile threats, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Japan Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera, Hagel said their talks revolved around the threat posed by Pyongyang. He said the two ships are in response to North Korea's "pattern of provocative and destabilising actions, including missile launches" that violate UN resolutions.
Hagel said the ships also will provide more protection to the US from those threats.
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