Japan, Britain, Italy to discuss a program to develop a new fighter jet by 2035 to increase bargaining power and develop the military.
After the end of last year, Britain, Japan and Italy announced that they would jointly develop a new fighter jet. It will outperform Chinese, Russian or US fighters under the name Global Combat Air Program (GCAP), an ambitious effort to develop the next generation of fighters by 2035.
The latest today (March 14), Japanese Defense Minister, Yasukazu Hamada, revealed that British Defense Minister Ben Wallace and Italian Defense Minister, Guido Crocetto are visiting the Japanese capital Tokyo on Thursday (March 16).
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This visit was to hold a meeting to discuss the joint fighter jet programme. This is Japan’s first major defense industry collaboration outside the United States. since the end of the Second World War
Japan, Britain and Italy announced that they had signed a collaboration for the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP), a program that combines jet aircraft and fighter jet technologies. To develop a new fighter by 2035, it will combine Japanese FX technology with technology from the British BAE System Tempest programme.
Hamada also said there would be a bilateral meeting between Japan and Britain. and Japan and Italy To discuss other issues as well, the cooperation of the 3 countries is a security cooperation project. increasing bargaining power and developing the potential of the military Meanwhile, France, Germany and Spain are also pursuing new fighter jet projects. to promote stability in Europe amid the fires of war in Ukraine
Earlier on Wednesday (March 8, 2023), Australia was preparing to purchase a Virginia-class submarine. The five Virginia-class submarines are US nuclear submarines under the AUKUS Agreement on Trilateral Cooperation between Australia, Britain and the US to balance power with China in the Indo-Pacific region. And there may be security cooperation between other countries if the flames of the Russo-Ukrainian war show no signs of abating.
Compiled by Reuters
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