Japan has earmarked 75.7 billion yen ($490 million) for initial development and testing of the interceptor, according to the defense ministry. The cost includes making components for the two ...
A US-developed common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches during a test. Adversary countries are ahead of the U.S. in their pursuit to field hypersonic weapons and the US is still nearly a ...
US President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a joint news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, not visible, on Aug. 18, 2023, at ...
Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile Japan and the United States on Wednesday signed an arrangement to jointly develop a new type of missile defense system as ...
Japan and the United States are planning to develop interceptors to shoot down hypersonic missiles by the 2030s under a contract signed by the two countries on Wednesday. The plan, which will ...
Japan, US Move Ahead in Co-Developing Hypersonic Weapons Interceptor as Regional Threats Grow TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the United States on Wednesday signed an arrangement to jointly develop a new ...
TOKYO — Japan and the United States on Wednesday signed an arrangement to jointly develop a new type of missile defense system as the allies seek to defend against the growing threat of ...