TOKYO -- Japan will prepare a joint operational plan with the U.S. military for a "counterattack capability" to strike missile launch sites, aiming to improve the accuracy of counterattacks by using information obtained by the U.S. military through satellites, Nikkei has learned.
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Japan to work with U.S. on joint counterattack capability plan
Allies to cooperate on intelligence-gathering and surveillance
The Japanese government will begin discussions with the U.S. military after it revises three defense documents in order to possess a counterattack capability. (Photo courtesy of the Maritime Staff Office)
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