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Japan: Patriot Missiles as Smoke and Mirrors

Japan: Patriot Missiles as Smoke and Mirrors
South Korean Navy's destroyer Yulgok Yi I (R), U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (C), and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Umigiri (L) sail in formation during a joint naval exercise in international waters off South Korea's southern island of Jeju on April 4, 2023. South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images
Grant Newsham
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Japan recently announced that it will transfer some number—reportedly “dozens”—of license-built Patriot missiles to the United States in order to bolster American missile stocks depleted by two years of supplying Ukraine in its defense against the Russian invasion.

Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham
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Grant Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine officer and a former U.S. diplomat and business executive with many years in the Asia/Pacific region. He is a senior fellow with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (Tokyo) and Center for Security Policy and the Yorktown Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the best selling book “When China Attacks: A Warning to America.”
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