BEIJING: Beijing has said it will sanction several US defence giants including Boeing Defense, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, for selling arms to the democratic island of Taiwan. China views the self-ruled island as its own territory, despite the two having been ruled separately since the end of a civil war in 1949. Beijing sees any … Read more
TOKYO: Pacifist Japan took a step closer to acquiring weapons able to strike North Korea on Friday after a ruling party committee approved proposals to consider acquiring strike capability to halt ballistic missile attacks. Giving long-range munitions to Japan’s Self Defence Forces is a controversial issue for a country that renounced the right to wage … Read more
TOKYO: U.S. defence company Raytheon is lobbying Japanese lawmakers to replace Lockheed Martin Corp as the supplier of powerful radars as Tokyo reconsiders plans for two Aegis Ashore missile defence sites, three sources said. “It’s game on,” said one of the sources, who has direct knowledge of Raytheon’s lobbying campaign. Raytheon’s pitch includes a proposal … Read more