Japan Cleared To Acquire 1,200 Amraams

AIM-120

U.S. Air Force personnel load an AIM-120D Amraam onto a Boeing F-15E.

Credit: U.S. Department of Defense
The U.S. State Department has approved a $3.6 billion AIM-120 Amraam package to Japan, in what will be one of the largest foreign exports of the missile. Japan had requested a Foreign Military Sales acquisition of 1,200 of the most advanced AIM-120 D-3/C-8 variants. The D-3/C-8 is the most up-to...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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