The guns-for-hire at Blackwater don’t just roam the streets of Baghdad and New Orleans. Turns out, they’re in Japan, too — protecting the country’s controversial ballistic missile defense systems.
In Shariki, a tiny village near the Sea of Japan, about 100 government contractors work with AN/TPY-2 radar, “which points high-powered radio waves westward toward mainland Asia to hunt for enemy missiles headed east toward America or its allies,” according to Stars & Stripes.
The contractors “work for Raytheon and Chenega Blackwater Solutions, who, respectively, run the missile radar and provide security at the base.” Two soldiers supervise the 100-person team…”
Source: Wired
