Japan will inform the U.S. next week that it intends to join the Golden Dome missile defense initiative and expects that Washington may seek its help with missile production due to the Middle East war and other conflicts, two sources said.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will announce the latest plan when she meets U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington at a summit on March 19, the Japanese government sources said, requesting anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.
Trump¡¯s Golden Dome project, announced last year with an ambitious 2028 timeline, envisions expanding existing ground-based defenses such as interceptor missiles with more experimental space-based elements, meant to detect, track and potentially counter incoming threats from orbit.
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