The Asahi Shimbun:


Defense Ministry officials have abandoned plans to request funds in the fiscal 2022 budget for Japan’s ever-changing blueprint for a state-of-the-art missile defense system.

In fact, such budget requests will likely be impossible over the next few years, according to a government source.

More than a year has passed since the ministry scrapped plans for a land-based Aegis Ashore missile defense system, citing rising costs among other reasons…



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