The Patriot system is one of an array of sophisticated air defence units supplied by the West to help Ukraine after Russia invaded. Under previous rules, Japan could only export components of arms ...

Japan's Ministry of Defense declined to comment. MHI declined to comment. A U.S. defense official said a $4.5 billion contract signed in June with the U.S. Army - the Patriot system's primary ...

The U.S. is counting on Japan to produce dozens more Patriot interceptors, which the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer described as "probably the most effective anti-missile system" in the world.

Japan says it will send Patriot air defence missiles to the US after changing its arms export rules, in a shift away from its pacifist policies. The White House has welcomed the move, which could ...

The Patriot surface-to-air guided missiles are manufactured in Japan under licensing from a U.S. company. But the current guidelines allow Japan to export only components made under licensing by ...

With Pyongyang’s most recent missile launch over Japan, beefing up Japanese missile defense becomes a politically and economically justifiable imperative.

The Netherlands has handed Ukraine a radar station for the MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile complex. In the near future, ...

Japan is breaking its decades-old arms export policy to sell the US dozens of Patriot missiles in a move that could indirectly help Ukraine. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S military would like Japan to produce more than 100 Patriot missiles, according to the Pentagon's top official for acquisitions, as the two countries expand co-production of ...

TASS/. Japan and the US will begin consultations on the transfer of missiles for Patriot missile defense systems belonging to the Japanese armed forces to the American side in early 2024 ...

SAGAMI ARMY DEPOT, Japan -- Seventeen Army Reserve Soldiers out of Utah trained alongside U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command team members for two weeks during Operation Patriot Press in July ...