Editing Anti-ballistic missile (section)

=== Japan ===
[[File:SM3 from JDS Kongo.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Japanese [[guided missile destroyer]] {{ship|JDS|Kongō|DDG-173|6}} firing a [[Standard Missile 3]] anti-ballistic missile.]]
{{Main|RIM-161 Standard Missile 3}}
Since 1998, when North Korea launched a [[Taepodong-1]] missile over northern Japan, the Japanese have been jointly developing a new surface-to-air interceptor known as the Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) with the US. Tests have been successful, and there are 11 locations that are planned for the PAC-3 to be installed. The approximate locations are near major air bases, like [[Kadena Air Base]], and ammunition storage centers of the Japanese military. The exact location are not known to the public.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=U.S. and Allied Ballistic Missile Defenses in the Asia-Pacific Region {{!}} Arms Control Association |url=https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/us-allied-ballistic-missile-defenses-asia-pacific-region#Japan |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=www.armscontrol.org}}</ref>  A military spokesman<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7188698.stm | work = BBC News | title = Japan plans Tokyo missile shield | date = 15 January 2008 | access-date = 17 January 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080118152525/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7188698.stm | archive-date = 18 January 2008 | url-status = live }}</ref> said that tests had been done on two sites, one of them a business park in central Tokyo, and Ichigaya – a site not far from the Imperial Palace.
Along with the PAC-3, Japan has installed a US-developed ship-based anti-ballistic missile system, which was tested successfully on 18 December 2007. Japan has 4 destroyers of this type capable of carrying [[RIM-161 Standard Missile 3]] and equipped with the [[Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System]]. Japan is currently modifying another 4 destroyers so that they can take part of their defense force against ballistic missiles, bringing the total number to 8 ships.<ref name=":5" />