Amid heightened concerns over North Korean missiles in the region, the U.S. and Japan will begin deploying advanced, American-made surface-to-air missile defense systems on Japanese soil next month, officials from both countries announced Thursday. The Pentagon will start relocation in August of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 system – the ballistic missile interceptors known as PAC-3 – along with 600 specially-trained troops from Fort Bliss, Texas to a U.S. base in the southern Japan. Full Story