Kwajalein atoll, in the Marshall Islands, bristles with radar, optical sensors, telemetry-receiving stations and other ballistic-missile testing equipment.
Earlier, stocks softened on geopolitical worries over missile testing by North Korea and another troubling indicator from the housing market.
Security Council last year condemned North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket, saying it violated a resolution banning ballistic missile testing.
Mr Obuchi will also emphasise Japan's anxiety about North Korea's missile testing.
It would be a mistake to offer those cuts merely in return for a deal that allows some missile testing today, with more negotiation to come in six months or a year.
Foreign Minister Yun warned that a launch could result in North Korea getting further United Nations sanctions for violating a ban on testing missile technology.
Among those items reportedly slated for decontrol are sensors capable of testing missile silos, high-speed microprocessors with a wide variety of applications for military systems, solid and liquid rocket motors and spacecraft, advanced lasers, electronic navigation equipment, and sophisticated machine tools.
Washington's constricted interpretation of the ABM Treaty has made experimenting and testing of missile defense shields extremely expensive.
The American people will not be defended by the testing of missile defenses, only by their deployment .
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The ABM Treaty has severely restricted missile defense research and testing.
Hagel acknowledged a problem with the guidance system of missile interceptors and said further testing would occur this year.
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He acknowledged a problem with the guidance system of missile interceptors and said further testing would occur this year.
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Amid the standoff, Japan is testing its own missile-launch-monitoring aircraft.
So I think that -- again, that was in direct response to the testing of a long-range missile in late March, early April -- I forget the exact date.
Both acts defied three Security Council resolutions that bar North Korea from testing or using nuclear or ballistic missile technology and from importing or exporting material for these programs.
Pakistani officials at that time said the testing of the Hatf-V Ghauri missile, which has a range of 1, 500km (930 miles), was not meant to send a message to nuclear armed India.
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