Japan To Transfer Patriot Missiles To U.S., OKs Record Defense Budget

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Credit: U.S. Army
Japan will reportedly transfer an unspecified number of MIM-104 Patriot missiles to the U.S., which will allow Washington to ship more missiles from its own arsenal to aid Ukraine. The amending of its arms export guidelines is a shift in Tokyo’s pacifist policy, which prevents the sale of deadly...
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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