Thus, such actions were taken by the United States with a view to strengthening the security of the Allies in the Pacific. The deployment of missile defense systems is purely defensive, and systems of this kind can be fully and independently used by the Japanese military department. The range of such complexes does not threaten the nearest countries. Two such missile defense systems will be deployed on Honshu Island. The anti-missile system will cost the Japanese government about two billion dollars.

Some more such missile defense system Tokyo plans to purchase in 2023 due to the increased threat of a missile strike from Pyongyang.

As reported in URA-Inform, former US Defense Secretary James Mattis said that Pyongyang's ballistic missiles could never reach Washington.