NATO to expand defense industrial cooperation to Indo-Pacific

Alliance aims to tap production capacity of South Korea, Japan and Australia

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A U.S. soldier inspects a Patriot missile defense battery near Warsaw in 2015. Precision munitions and air defense are seen as key areas of need as NATO looks to expand defense industrial cooperation. (Agencja Gazeta via Reuters)

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent

WASHINGTON -- NATO and its Indo-Pacific partners -- Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand -- will discuss defense industrial cooperation when they meet on Thursday, according to a senior U.S. official.

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