The Kanagawa prefectural police and the Maritime Self-Defense Force police investigating a case of leaked information involving highly confidential data on the Aegis defense system have found that the highest level of information connected to sea-based Standard Missile-3 interceptors developed by the United States had also been leaked, informed sources told Kyodo News on Monday.

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