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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Japan may develop fighters after U.S. rebuff

Japan's Defence Ministry is seeking a budget to develop its own fighter jets, a report said on Wednesday, after the U.S. blocked foreign sales of Washington's most advanced stealth fighter for security reasons.

Tokyo is planning to update its ageing fleet, and had been eyeing the state-of-the-art F-22, also known as the Raptor, as a desirable replacement.

In the face of U.S. resistance to exports, the ministry will seek 15.7 billion yen ($138 million) for research and development into the possibility of building fighter jets in Japan, as part of a total budget request of 4,817.2 billion yen for fiscal 2008, Kyodo news agency said.

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