By Tim KellyThe United States needs Japan's help to cope with strategic challenges in Europe and Asia that are straining its defense industries, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan said on Monday as the countries kicked off talks on military industrial cooperation. "China has a major capacity we already know that will surpass us on new shipbuilding," Emanuel said. Other potential cooperation between Japan and the U.S. includes aircraft repairs, missile production and military supply chain resilience, he added. Japan and the U.S. already build a missile defense interceptor together and Tokyo has also agreed to supply Patriot PAC3 air-defence missiles to the U.S.© Thomson Reuters 2024.

Source: Washington Post June 11, 2024 04:22 UTC