US and Japan, long alarmed by China's aggression, agree to establish missile-production facility
The United States and Japan have agreed to establish a Japanese facility for the joint production of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, the Japanese defense chief said late Wednesday. It is the latest move by the allies, which have repeatedly expressed alarm over China’s growing aggression in Asia. Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi made the announcement in a news conference Wednesday night in the central province of Cebu, where he met US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the sid
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[Claude] Reports 2 and 3 both describe the same US-Japan agreement to build a joint missile-production facility in Japan, with no conflicting facts.
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