Japan Shopping Around Amid U.S. Stealth Jet Ban

Posted on: Jul. 27th, 2007 || Source: defensenews.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

Japan said Thursday it would not rule out buying next-generation aircraft from a third country due to the U.S. ban on exporting its state-of-the-art F-22 stealth fighter.

Japan has officially been pacifist since World War II but has been gradually expanding the role of its military, in part due to concern over nuclear-armed North Korea.

The United States, Japan’s primary ally, has banned all exports of its F-22 Raptor, which is built to evade radar detection at supersonic speeds.

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