Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin on Wednesday agreed to expand cooperation in developing equipment and technologies to counter hyper-sonic weapons and to begin joint research in this area.
The sides agreed to expand cooperation on equipment and technologies to ensure and reset technological superiority of the [USA-Japanese] military and economical alliance.
For this reason, the ministers agreed to continue joint research on technologies for countering hyper-sonic weapons and, based on the progress made, to consider the possibility of joint research on technologies and components.
Moreover, the ministers agreed to develop cooperation in the development and use of drones, strengthening supply chains, and cooperation on cybersecurity.
Austin, for his part, reaffirmed Washington’s intention to protect Japan from possible threats with conventional and nuclear capabilities.
During the meeting, Austin also discussed with his counterpart China’s actions toward Taiwan and near Japan’s borders, calling them aggressive and provocative, and Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.
It was the first visit of Hamada to Washington and the first meeting with Austin after he succeeded Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi.
Sputnik / ABC Flash Point News 2022.
As I said in a previous post America now has to import university graduates from India and elsewhere as young Americans cant equal the technical/science ability in education . Isn’t it a bit embarrassing for the US to ask a relatively small country to help it technically showing its inability to obtain the high technical knowledge needed for those weapons and using sly wording like “expand co-operation ” to cover their embarrassment ? Not only has Russia tested-proved and installed them in readiness for America taking leave of its senses and starting WW3 but it has already BUILT and tested… Read more »
Their arrogance and media lies couldn’t ignore or hide the fact that Russian modern technology is already battlefield tested, while most of the American equal designs are still on the drawing table?