Japanese-US talks target missile defence co-operation

Jane's ^ | 30 October 2009 | Jon Grevat

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Japan and the United States have tentatively agreed to expand co-operation in the missile defence field.. a [Japanese] spokesman said its scope is not expected to include Japan allowing the export of the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA, which is currently being jointly developed....both sides said they wanted to further co-operation in jointly developing missile defence systems..[the US asked Japan to consider permitting export of jointly-developed missiles, most likely to Europe].

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Bringing in the Japanese could bring technical benefits and funding, but their laws are currently still strict regarding this...Japan now would not permit export by the US jointly-developed missiles to Europe.

BIG PROBLEM..!!!

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