Japan receives go-ahead to buy 1,200 U.S. air-to-air missiles in $3.6bn deal

Sale to serve as precursor to local production of AMRAAMs

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An F-35A Lightning II test aircraft fires an AIM-120 AMRAAM in the Gulf of Mexico. (U.S. Air Force)

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has given Japan the green light to acquire up to 1,200 air-to-air missiles, cementing the defense cooperation between the two allies and paving the way for future local production of the missiles in Japan.

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