World·Asia-Pacific
U.S. and Japan agree to build a plant in Japan to assemble AMRAAM missiles for F-35s and to boost SM-3 interceptor output
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said after meeting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Cebu, Philippines, that the allies agreed to set up a final assembly and inspection facility in Japan for the AMRAAM air-to-air missile, NPR reported. Koizumi also said the two sides will share technical information to increase production of the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor, but gave no timeline or output figures, Breaking Defense reported.
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- NPRUS and Japan agree to establish a Japanese facility for joint missile production
- Breaking DefenseUS, Japan reach agreements for AMRAAM assembly, SM-3 production boost: Japanese MoD