Japan and U.S. in talks on new missile to intercept hypersonics

Kishida and Biden expected to reach agreement at Friday's summit

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A missile that the official Korean Central News Agency calls hypersonic is test-fired at an undisclosed location in North Korea in 2022. (KCNA via Reuters)

YUSUKE TAKEUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan and the U.S. have begun discussing the joint development of what the Japanese Ministry of Defense calls the world's first practical application of an interceptor missile for hypersonic projectiles.

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