US to deploy spy plane in Japan

[Bosonic]

Source: Bangkok Post

The US military is set to deploy an unmanned spy plane in Japan to boost surveillance capabilities as North Korea apparently readied for missile launches, a newspaper report said on Saturday.

The Global Hawk will be stationed at the US airbase in Misawa, northern Japan, in the first ever deployment of the aircraft in the country, the Sankei Shimbun reported, quoting government sources.

The US military informed Japan last month about plans to deploy the plane between June and September but may bring the date forward, it said, following reports about North Korea's preparations for missile launches.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency, citing a top South Korean government official, said North Korea had loaded two mid-range Musudan missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them in underground facilities near its east coast.

Read more: http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/344224/us-to-deploy-spy-plane-in-japan

[defacto7]

1. Though I am completely against preemptive

military actions of any kind, I have no problem with surveillance if there is a direct threat by a country like NK. But isn't this a little bit late for deployment of such surveillance equipment?

[Posteritatis]

2. There's plenty of eyes on them already; this is just one more set. (nt)

[otohara]

3. Don't Fuck With Japan Lil Kim

or the USA will be all over your shit!