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Possible U.S.-Japan Joint Laser Program

May 13, 2004 :: News

Japanese Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba suggested to Japan’s the Lower House Emergency Legislation Special Committee that the country should look into a joint study with the United States to develop aircraft-mounted lasers, reports the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. Such a program would likely parallel or be in conjunction with the United States’ current Airborne Laser (ABL) program.
        Japan is also looking into a number of other American missile defense programs, including Patriot, the Aegis sea-based SM-3 missile, and land-based missile radars. It has been suggested that Japan may begin deploying defenses by 2006.

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