The project between both countries costs more than 2,758 million euros. The US Department of Defense has stated that Japanese missile technology has improved significantly.
Japan and the United States signed an agreement this Wednesday that provides for the development by both countries of a new type of missile capable of intercepting hypersonic weapons in the 2030s.
This project, with a cost of more than 3,000 million dollars (2,758 million euros), was announced for the first time in August, when the leaders of both countries met at a summit at Camp David, near Washington, a meeting in which which also participated The participation of South Korea.
“In recent years, Missile-related technologies, such as hypersonic weapons.have improved significantly throughout Japan,” stated the Ministry of Defense in a statement about this agreement.
“It is urgent to strengthen the interception capacity of these weapons,” he added.
oh The Japanese government has already allocated 75 billion yen (445 million euros) in its 2024 budget for the development of interceptor missiles.
The money is part of a record defense budget, approved last year, at a time of high tension with China and North Korea.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to double spending on defense reach the level established by NATO of 2% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2027.
Source: Observadora
