U.S. Navy’s Deploys One Of It's Most Advanced Guided Missile Destroyers To Japan

The U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG69) arrives to join Forward Deployed Naval Forces at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Japan May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Reuters: U.S. bolsters Asia ballistic missile defense as Trump-Kim summit nears

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Reuters) - The USS Milius, one of the U.S. Navy’s most advanced guided missile destroyers, arrived in Japan on Tuesday to reinforce defenses against any ballistic missile attacks by North Korea, or anyone else in East Asia.

The warship’s arrival at Yokosuka Naval Base comes three weeks before an unprecedented meeting is supposed to take place in Singapore between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The show of force is a reminder of the military pressure that can be brought to bear on North Korea as the United States seeks to press it to abandon its nuclear weapons and its ballistic missile program.

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Update #1: U.S. Military Sends War Ship to Japan Ahead of Trump's North Korea Summit (Newsweek)
Update #2: US sends powerful warship to Japan amid looming Trump-Kim summit (FOX News)

WNU Editor: This deployment is "to reinforce defenses against any ballistic missile attacks by North Korea, or anyone else in East Asia".