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Japan eyes joint missile production with US: Report
Tokyo, Nov 24: Japan plans to jointly produce next-generation missiles with the United States in a bid to upgrade the country`s competitiveness in defense-industry technology, a daily said today.
Tokyo, Nov 24: Japan plans to jointly produce
next-generation missiles with the United States in a bid to
upgrade the country's competitiveness in defense-industry
technology, a daily said today.
Tokyo and Washington have been studying the development
of a ship-to-air missile capable of downing incoming ballistic
missiles since 1999 and Japan's defense agency wants to make
an advanced ship-to-air missile with the United States, the
Asahi Shimbun said.
The agency is also seeking 1.2 billion dollars in the
next fiscal year starting in April to buy a US missile system
that would deploy an aegis destroyer-based anti-missile
Standard Missile 3 (SM3), the daily said.
With the United States, Japan hopes to produce a
ship-to-air missile more advanced than the SM3, it said.
But the Asahi said the joint missile project could
require a review of Japan's ban on exports of weapons.
In 1976, the government banned arms exports to all nations, but made an exception in 1983, following a request from Washington, to allow only "technology" exports to the United States.
On Friday, former defense agency Director-General Fumio Kyuma said Japan should review the export ban.
Bureau Report
In 1976, the government banned arms exports to all nations, but made an exception in 1983, following a request from Washington, to allow only "technology" exports to the United States.
On Friday, former defense agency Director-General Fumio Kyuma said Japan should review the export ban.
Bureau Report