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Japan to send Patriot missiles to US which may aid Ukraine
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67798740
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Japan says it will send Patriot air defence missiles to the US after changing its arms export rules, in a shift away from its pacifist policies.
In Japan, the Patriot missiles are manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries under licence from US defence contractors Lockheed Martin and RTX.
It also imposed an arms export ban, which was in 2014 eased for the first time in almost 50 years under then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - a move that was viewed with suspicion in China.
Last year, Japan announced that it would double its military spending to 2% of the country’s GDP by 2027, citing threats posed by China and North Korea.
Beijing’s increasing military aggression has fuelled Japanese anxiety that should conflict break out in Taiwan, Japan would not only be pulled into a war between the US and China, but also targeted as a US ally.
North Korea also poses a perennial existential threat to Tokyo, as its nuclear ambitions have grown more alarming - with a record number of missile launches this year, including several that have flown over Japan.
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