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The U.S. Department of Defense launches a sounding rocket from NASA's launch range at Wallops Flight Facility carrying hypersonic weapon experiments that will inform the development of the hypersonic class of weapons, on Wallops Island, Va., on Oct. 26, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
President Joe Biden and the leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed to deepen trilateral security ties while condemning the Chinese communist regime during a historic summit at Camp David on Aug. 18.
The United States announced after the summit that Japan would participate in developing its hypersonic weapons interceptor missile “Glide Phase Interceptor” (GPI), which is to be equipped on Aegis-equipped ships.