Washington, Aug 23 (ANI): The Obama administration is planning to build a new missile defence shield in Asia to contain threats from North Korea and counter China's growing military might.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the planned build-up could include a new radar system in southern Japan and possibly another in South East Asia.
Pentagon officials said the core of the new anti-missile shield would be a powerful early-warning radar, known as an X-Band, located on a southern Japanese island, The Telegraph reports.
The WSJ report further said that the new X-Band would join an existing radar that was installed in northern Japan in 2006 and a third X-Band could be placed in South East Asia.
The resulting radar arc would cover North Korea, China and possibly even Taiwan.
According to the paper, the news came after an unnamed US official told Jane's Defence Weekly that China's People's Liberation Army tested an intercontinental ballistic missile on July 24 which has the range to strike any city in America.
America is also concerned about China's development of a new 'carrier-killer' anti-ship missile that can strike at the US Pacific fleet. (ANI)
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