U.S. aims to sell Raytheon missiles to Japan to counter North Korea threat

The U.S. government wants to equip Japan with anti-ballistic missiles made by Waltham-based Raytheon Co. to help counter the growing threat in the region posed by North Korea.The Hill reported that the State Department on Tuesday asked Congress to approve the $133 million sale of four Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missiles, missile canisters and “other technical, engineering and logistics support services."The missile, which can be launched on land or sea, is typically used to destro