The United States and Japan are planning to create an interceptor capable of shooting down hypersonic missiles. Work on this project is scheduled for ten years - in accordance with the contract signed by the two countries. This was reported by Kyodo, UNN reports.
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The Japanese government has already included $480 million in its 2024 budget.
Hypersonic missiles fly at more than five times the speed of sound and have non-standard trajectories, making them difficult to intercept.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has promised to double defense spending to NATO levels of two percent of GDP by 2027.