The head of the Japanese Defense Ministry announced Itsunori Onodera, two ground missile Aegis Ashore complex will be located at opposite ends of the island of Honshu: in Akita Prefecture (in the north) in Yamaguchi Prefecture (in the South-West), TASS reports.
These two areas will become candidates for placement complexes, the minister said at a press conference.
These prefectures and formerly known as the experts, as the most suitable for the deployment of missile defense systems. But officials have so far avoided to talk about it openly.
According to the opinion of the Ministry of Defense, Two such complexes be sufficiently, to cover the entire country against ballistic missiles. The main threat, according to the military, It remains North Korea, at the same time, Aegis Ashore may also be used for protection against long range cruise missiles, including Chinese.
Initially accommodation units to be completed by 2023 year, but the process of their deployment can be accelerated by Japan's insistence.
Recall, each set of Aegis Ashore cost Japan about budget 100 billion. yen (about $ 917 million.).
