Japan cuts FS-X buy in new defense plan

Japan's government has agreed on a new five-year defense plan that reduces procurement spending by more than $1 billion, and cuts eleven FS-X fighters. Japan's Air Self-Defense Force wanted to buy 141 F-2s - the official designation of the FS-X - of which 74 would have gone to front-line combat...

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