Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has reached an agreement with Pentagon head Pete Hegseth on the deployment of facilities for the final assembly of “AMRAAM” missiles for “F-35” fighters on Japanese territory.
elchi reports that the business newspaper “Nikkei” has published information about this.
According to the information, the agreement was reached during a meeting between the heads of the military departments of the two countries within the framework of the expanded meeting of the defense ministers of the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It is planned to equip the fifth-generation “F-35” fighters, which Tokyo purchased from the US and is now assembling under an American license, with “AMRAAM” missiles.
The “AMRAAM” missile, classified as “air-to-air,” has a warhead weighing 20 kg. Depending on the modification, its range is from 75 km to 160 km. Tokyo has the right to produce various American equipment, including missiles for “Patriot” air defense systems.
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