TOKYO, March 29, SPA -- Japan installed the final piece of a missile defense system for Tokyo on Saturday, a day after NorthKorea test-fired a barrage of missiles. Air Self-Defense Forces personnel installed a land-basedPatriot Advanced Capability-3 missile intercepter system atthe Kasumigaura base in Ibaraki prefecture (state), justnortheast of Tokyo, regional defense official KeisukeTanaka said. The latest installation is the last of four PAC-3 setsdeployed around Tokyo to protect the capital region, Tanakasaid. The system at the Kasumigaura base, 75 kilometers (47miles) northeast of Tokyo, includes five launchers, aspecial vehicle equipped with radar and another that servesas a control station, he was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. PAC-3 systems were previously installed at three otherbases near Tokyo, including Japan's largest naval base inYokosuka, the homeport of the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Japan has been rapidly augmenting its missile defensecapabilities amid concerns over possible threats from NorthKorea. The latest deployment, which was planned monthsearlier, came a day after the North test-fired a barrage ofmissiles in an apparent angry response to the new SouthKorean government's tougher stance toward Pyongyang. Japan plans to deploy the PAC-3 defense system at severalmore bases across the country by March 2011.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/540844