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Japan shoots down missile in test off Hawaii

WASHINGTON: Japanese naval forces successfully shot down a medium-range missile off Hawaii in a test of Tokyo's missile defence weaponry, the US military said on Wednesday. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Wed, Oct 28 2009

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