Two projects in Japan's rising defense budget questioned
Two projects in Japan’s rising defense budget questioned By Guo Dan The Japanese government approved on December 21 the draft budget for the 2021 fiscal year, including a record defense budget that has been rising for the 9th consecutive year to 5.34 trillionyen (51.6 billion USD). The most conspicuous part of the defense budget is the cruise missile improvement plan and the construction of two ships equipped with Aegis missile interceptor systems as an alternative to the land-based Aegis Ashoremissile defense systems. In December 2017, Tokyo decided to introduce two Aegis Ashore systems f...
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