TOKYO: Japan’s defense ministry has decided to build a stealth fighter and wants a first test flight within five years, a news report said.
The move could concern Washington as Japan is a major customer of US defense equipment, the Tokyo Shimbun said.
Japan is moving ahead because the US military has been reluctant to sell Japan F-22 Raptors, the latest US Air Force jets built to evade radar detection at supersonic speeds.
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