Japan inks deal with US to produce Patriot missiles

[dArKeR]

The US has concluded a deal to allow Japan's licensed production of US-developed surface-to-air missiles which will constitute the core of a joint missile defense system, a report said yesterday.

The two governments sealed a memorandum of understanding in March on the licensed production of Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) interceptor missiles, the Asahi Shimbun reported in its evening edition.

US Lockheed Martin Corp is expected to sign a contract within the current fiscal year which ends in March next year to license Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd with PAC-3 production, the daily said.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/07/17/2003263872

[Nay]

1. WTF??? Now we can't even keep the jobs producing our own

goddamn missiles???? This is seriously wrong, folks. I'm bailing.

[dArKeR]

4. I've sad for years, I believe America completely controls Japan through

puppets, mafia, extortion, murder, japanese politicians, Japanese placed CEOs...

After WWII we went into Japan and placed total control in the key corporations and "publicly elected politicians". What does it take to control a country except control two mean. Candidate A or Candidate B. Same as all of South/Central America and Asia.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Ya see... democratic societies don't pursue weapons of mass

destruction.... they seek peace and find ways to achieve it... lol.

[RC]

3. Outsourcing our own defense?

By the time these criminals get done sucking this country dry, there won't be anything left worth defending.

But on the bright side, it's gonna be hard to start a war with a country that produces your war toys that you need to wage that war.

[93ncsu]

5. This is not new to the defense industry ...

Partnerships such as this one have occurred in the past. For example, Israel builds it's own version of the F-16 based on the original and also builds its own version of an air defense missile based on the Patriot. These programs have been going on for many years. I believe Japan already builds its own version of a navy vessel suing a US vessel as the base.

We're not outsourciung production of Patriots in this deal. We are just allowing the Japanese to build their own variation based on the existing model.