US to deploy new, shorter-range missile system for Japan drill
KEN MORIYASU
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Marine Corps is planning to field a high-precision -- but less controversial -- anti-ship missile launcher to Okinawa next month as part of a drill, a move experts see as signaling a U.S. intent to avoid overly antagonizing Beijing.
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