Following the decision of the Japanese government to abandon the deployment of American Aegis Ashore missile defense systems, lobbyists for US interests. We are talking about publications in the press., which are clearly aimed at, to convince Tokyo of the "fallacy" of the actions taken.
A few days ago, material came out in the USA, in which it was declared, that the US is acting "in the interests of Japan, trying to build reliable protection against North Korean missiles ".
This message was picked up today by Asia Times.. Stephen Brian's article says, in connection with the decision of the Japanese government to abandon the deployment of US missile defense elements "there is a serious threat to US and Japanese military bases in the country".
of material:
Japan's abandonment of missile defense systems Aegis Ashore made in the USA – severe blow to regional security. According to the Minister of Defense of Japan, the country will rely on Patriot. But the Patriot complex without an additional missile defense system is not able to reliably protect Japanese and American military bases from missiles.
Further, the author of the material proceeds to, that Japan is a member of the F-35 fighter program.
from the article:
Everything goes to, that Japan will become the second largest F-35 operator of these aircraft in the world.
Is this worth a hint, that the Japanese decision on Aegis Ashore could lead to problems with Japan's continued participation in the fifth generation fighter program? In the end, the US already has sanctions experience in this regard.. So, a few months ago, the United States refused to transfer to Turkey the F-35 fighters it already paid for, stated, that this is due to the purchase from Russia of the S-400 air defense system.
Asia Times says, complexes “Petriot” at one time did not protect Saudi objects from missiles, issued from Yemen. As noted, these complexes will not be able to reliably protect Japan from North Korean missiles.
