Japan says succeeds in missile shield test with US: "A Japanese naval destroyer fired an interceptor missile to shoot down a mock ballistic missile off Hawaii in a test of Japan's missile-defence system, the defence ministry said Friday.
The US Missile Defence Agency in a statement called the test a 'significant milestone in the growing cooperation between Japan and the US in the area of missile defence'.
The target was launched from a US navy facility on Hawaii at 0306 GMT, the Japanese defence ministry said in a statement."
