The New American by Angeline Tan
Japan, the U.K., and Italy are collaborating to build their next-generation jet fighters, in a ground-breaking partnership encompassing Asia and Europe. This partnership is Japan’s first major industrial defense effort since World War II outside of cooperation with the United States.
The deal, which Reuters reported on this past July, purports to prepare an advanced front-line fighter for operation by 2035 by combining the British-led Future Combat Air System project, also known as Tempest, with Japan’s F-X program in a venture called the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). Details were based on a statement made by the three countries last December 9.
This agreement is meant to help Japan counter the growing military power of China and Russia in light of Chinese pugilism around Japan and Taiwan and the Ukraine-Russia crisis. Moreover, the deal can offer Britain a larger security role in the region…
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