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  2. Japan, US move ahead in co-developing hypersonic weapons ...

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    Japan and the United States on Wednesday signed an arrangement to jointly develop a new type of missile defense system as the allies seek to defend against the growing threat of hypersonic weapons ...

  3. List of equipment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

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    United States: V/STOL military transport aircraft MV-22B 14 [61] + 3 [61] 17 planned in total [62] Rotary-wing aircraft Boeing AH-64 Apache United States Japan: Attack helicopter: AH-64DJP 12 [60] — 13 built by Fuji. One crashed on 5 February 2018. [63] Bell AH-1 Cobra United States Japan: Attack helicopter: AH-1S 48 [60] — Built by Fuji ...

  4. Aegis system equipped vessels (ASEV) - Wikipedia

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    In support of this objective, on 20 October 2022, the U.S. Department of State approved and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified the United States Congress that Japan is set to be the first country after the United States to field the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) as part of a proposed US$450 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS ...

  5. Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile - Wikipedia

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    The HVGP is designed as a standoff missile capable of attacking enemy forces invading remote islands in Japan from outside the enemy weapon engagement zone. [3] The development of the HVGP is based on an incremental approach, with Block 1 being developed as an early version based on existing technology, followed by the development of a performance-enhancing Block 2.

  6. U.S., Japan to develop hypersonic missile interceptor - Yomiuri

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    The U.S. and Japan agreed in January to consider developing the interceptor at a meeting of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin with their Japanese counterparts ...

  7. Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers may finally find purpose as ...

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    The US military is working on hypersonic weapons across all branches. The Zumwalts will be armed with the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) system, the Navy's joint hypersonic weapons program with ...

  8. United States Forces Japan - Wikipedia

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    At the expiration of the treaty, the United States and Japan signed the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan. The status of the United States Forces Japan was defined in the U.S.–Japan Status of Forces Agreement. This treaty is still in effect, and it forms the basis of Japan's foreign policy. During ...

  9. Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a ...

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    The U.S. has had several types of hypersonic weapons in development for the past two decades, but recent tests by both Russia and China have added pressure to the U.S. military to hasten their production. Hypersonic weapons travel beyond Mach 5, five times the speed of sound, with added maneuverability making them harder to shoot down.