A Samurai Shield For Japan By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
The Japanese know all about surprise attacks and the devastation caused by nuclear weapons, and they are determined to be victims of neither. Our former foe is now a determined ally, and between us we are rapidly unfolding a missile defense umbrella over both countries and the ocean between.
A Japanese destroyer launches an interceptor missile.
In Greek mythology, Zeus used a shield called Aegis. Today, another shield called Aegis is in the hands of the descendants of the samurai. The latest in a stunning string of missile-defense successes took place Monday, when a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptor launched from the JS Kongo knocked out a target warhead from a ballistic missile simulating the launch of a North Korean Rodong intermediate-range missile. Pyongyang has some 200 such missiles capable of reaching targets throughout the Japanese home islands.
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