U.S. Marines in Japan to keep training troops in use of new missile system

The U.S. military in Japan will continue training their troops in the use of a new mobile ground-based anti-ship missile system and will also cooperate with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces over the transportation of defense equipment, the commander of the U.S. Marine Corps littoral regiment based in Okinawa Prefecture said Saturday.The system called NMESIS, which was brought to Japan for the first time in July, has been featured in the ongoing annual Resolute Dragon exercise between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force simulating island defense. Concerns are high ove…READ FULL ARTICLE