The F-22 capability is too good to be exported, even to very close allies like Australia and Japan. The F-22 was also not designed for export, so it was not equipped with tamper proof technology. That is why. BMD partnership was offered because Japan is not only able to contribute financially, but it has technical expertise which it can contribute. SM-3 Block II is a joint development. Dismissing Japanese contribution to purely monetary terms is just a flagrant display of ignorance.
The F-22 capability is too good to be exported, even to very close allies like Australia and Japan. The F-22 was also not designed for export, so it was not equipped with tamper proof technology. That is why. BMD partnership was offered because Japan is not only able to contribute financially, but it has technical expertise which it can contribute. SM-3 Block II is a joint development. Dismissing Japanese contribution to purely monetary terms is just a flagrant display of ignorance.
Perhaps the US is waiting to build a certian number of F-22s for the USAF before the exports start. Give the program sometime to see what the final resolution is.
I think they want to redesign an "export" F-22 that has the classified material built out. But then that won't be much different from an export F-35. Working out the F-22 deal with Japan might be fickle because the Japanese might want to incorporate some of their own technologies in, such as radar, to the exclusion of US made ones.
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Daichi ALOS surveillance satellite:
Source: jaxa.jp
Source: jaxa.jp
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That mockup of the ATD-X Shinshin shown in the youtube video was used to measure RCS. So its likely it's made with the actual material used on the outer portion of the real airframe.
The Mitsubishi 3000GT sports car was sold in the US as the Dodge Stealth, but now the company has moved up to the real thing.
Japan's Technical Research & Development Institute (TRDI) recently unveiled images of the Mitsubishi ATD-X stealth fighter in the form of a full-scale radar cross-section (RCS) model. One picture was released a few months ago by TRDI, but has now disappeared from their site. Other images can be found here. They include a presentation slide confirming that France has been supporting the Japanese stealth program: between September and November 2005, the model was tested in the French government's radar cross-section (RCS) range. Other features of the twin-engine jet include thrust vectoring with external paddles, an F-22-like external shape, fly-by-light controls and the testing of a smart-skin sensor.
In some ways the ATD-X project is comparable to BAE Systems' Replica stealth demonstration in the mid-1990s. It's not likely that the Japanese government will fund the development of an operational stealth fighter, but the domestic capability may be used to ease US concerns about exporting its own stealth aircraft to Japan. Further down the road, too, the same technology could be used in other systems such as cruise missiles or unmanned air vehicles.
Using the French range is logical. At Bruz, near Rennes, France's DGA defense agency's CELAR (center for military electronics) laboratory constructed the Solange indoor RCS range. A photo found here shows that Solange may be the biggest indoor RCS range in the world, capable of measuring a real fighter rather than a subscale mock-up. The same site also confirms that Solange was built with the help of a US company, absorber specialist Emerson & Cuming.
Source: Aviation Week 6-7-2007
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Another version of the alien defense story.
Japanese Official Seeks Defense Against Aliens
By MIWA SUZUKI, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, TOKYO
As Japan takes a more active role in military affairs, the defense minister has more on his mind than just threats here on Earth.
Shigeru Ishiba became the second member of the cabinet to profess a belief in UFOs and said he was looking at how Japan’s military could respond to aliens under the pacifist constitution.
“There are no grounds for us to deny that there are unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and some life form that controls them,” Ishiba told reporters, saying it was his personal view and not that of the defense ministry.
Ishiba, nicknamed a “security geek” for his wonkish knowledge of defense affairs, noted that Japan deployed its military against Godzilla in the classic monster movie.
“Few discussions have been made on what the legal grounds were for that,” the minister said with a slight grin, drawing laughter from reporters.
Because of the U.S.-imposed 1947 constitution, Japan’s de facto military is known as the Self-Defense Forces and has never fired a shot in combat since World War II.
But Japan has gradually sought a greater global military role, sending troops to support U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Ishiba said he was examining different scenarios for an alien invasion.
“If they descended, saying ‘People of the Earth, let’s make friends,’ it would not be considered an urgent, unjust attack on our country,” Ishiba said.
“And there is another issue of how can we convey our intentions if we don’t understand what they are saying?” he asked.
“We should consider various possibilities,” he said. “There is no need at all to do this as the defense ministry, but I want to consider what to do by myself.”
But the growing debate on UFOs did not appear to reach a cabinet consensus.
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, asked about UFOs, told reporters: “I haven’t seen one myself.”
Ishiba’s remarks came after the government this week said it had no knowledge of UFOs, prompting a surprise rebuttal from the top government spokesman.
“Personally, I absolutely believe they exist,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said Dec. 18.
The government was pressed to take up the issue after an opposition lawmaker, Ryuji Yamane, asked for the first official comment on UFOs.
He argued Tokyo should try to confirm what UFOs are as many people have said they have witnessed them.
“The government has not confirmed the existence of ‘unidentified flying objects believed to have flown from outside the Earth’,” said the government statement, which was formally endorsed at a cabinet meeting Dec. 18.
UFOs have also made a surprise entry into the U.S. presidential race, with liberal Rep. Dennis Kucinich telling a televised debate with other Democratic candidates that he had witnessed one.
Japanese Official Seeks Defense Against Aliens
By MIWA SUZUKI, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, TOKYO
As Japan takes a more active role in military affairs, the defense minister has more on his mind than just threats here on Earth.
Shigeru Ishiba became the second member of the cabinet to profess a belief in UFOs and said he was looking at how Japan’s military could respond to aliens under the pacifist constitution.
“There are no grounds for us to deny that there are unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and some life form that controls them,” Ishiba told reporters, saying it was his personal view and not that of the defense ministry.
Ishiba, nicknamed a “security geek” for his wonkish knowledge of defense affairs, noted that Japan deployed its military against Godzilla in the classic monster movie.
“Few discussions have been made on what the legal grounds were for that,” the minister said with a slight grin, drawing laughter from reporters.
Because of the U.S.-imposed 1947 constitution, Japan’s de facto military is known as the Self-Defense Forces and has never fired a shot in combat since World War II.
But Japan has gradually sought a greater global military role, sending troops to support U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Ishiba said he was examining different scenarios for an alien invasion.
“If they descended, saying ‘People of the Earth, let’s make friends,’ it would not be considered an urgent, unjust attack on our country,” Ishiba said.
“And there is another issue of how can we convey our intentions if we don’t understand what they are saying?” he asked.
“We should consider various possibilities,” he said. “There is no need at all to do this as the defense ministry, but I want to consider what to do by myself.”
But the growing debate on UFOs did not appear to reach a cabinet consensus.
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, asked about UFOs, told reporters: “I haven’t seen one myself.”
Ishiba’s remarks came after the government this week said it had no knowledge of UFOs, prompting a surprise rebuttal from the top government spokesman.
“Personally, I absolutely believe they exist,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said Dec. 18.
The government was pressed to take up the issue after an opposition lawmaker, Ryuji Yamane, asked for the first official comment on UFOs.
He argued Tokyo should try to confirm what UFOs are as many people have said they have witnessed them.
“The government has not confirmed the existence of ‘unidentified flying objects believed to have flown from outside the Earth’,” said the government statement, which was formally endorsed at a cabinet meeting Dec. 18.
UFOs have also made a surprise entry into the U.S. presidential race, with liberal Rep. Dennis Kucinich telling a televised debate with other Democratic candidates that he had witnessed one.
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Odd then that the Japanese defence budget is set to decrease again next year. You would do well to make yourself aware of such facts, Roger - knowing relevant information on a topic you post on is something you might like to try once-in-a-while.
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