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The Asahi disclosed that Japan’s defense ministry is unlikely to seek funding in the fiscal 2022 budget to build the alternative for the abandoned Aegis Ashore missile defense system.
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South Korea’s Defense Agency for Technology and Quality has cleared the indigenous Cheongung II air defense missile system for mass production.
Japan’s Ministry of Defense revealed on Aug. 7 that they are considering using unmanned aerial vehicles for early detection of hypersonic missiles flying at Mach 5 and faster.
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The U.S. Navy has chosen Saab as the contractor to field a replacement for the MK 9 Tracker Illuminator System. The contract was worth $32 million.
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The U.S. government is selling another batch of RIM-116C Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) Block 2 missiles to Japan.
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