Japan Deploys Missiles on Island After North Korea Launch

Soldiers from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force set up PAC-3 surface-to-air missile launch systems during a temporary deployment drill at US Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2017. TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images

Japan on Tuesday deployed another missile system on its northern island of Hokkaido after North Korea launched two missiles over the territory.

“As part of measures to prepare for emergencies, we will today deploy a PAC-3 unit” in the southern tip of Hokkaido, Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera told the AFP news agency. The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 system arrived at the Hokkaido base later on Tuesday, an official said.