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Friday, July 18, 2014

Japan approves first weapons transfer after arms ban relaxed

Patriot PAC-2The Abe Cabinet on July 17 gave the green light for sales of missile parts to the United States, the first approval since the government eased Japan’s long-standing ban on weapons exports in April.

Cabinet ministers at a National Security Council meeting approved the export of a sensor part for use in surface-to-air Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) missiles.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., which has a contract with PAC-2 missile producer Raytheon Co., is manufacturing the sensor part.

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