Japan To Decide This Year On Global Hawk

By Bradley Perrett

BEIJING – Japan is expected to decide by the end of the year whether to order four Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk surveillance aircraft that could later be upgraded to reinforce the country’s anti-ballistic missile defenses.

The decision, which has been brewing for years, is due to appear in the National Defense Program Guideline, which ...

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