https://readsludge.com/2018/06/12/proposed-stealth-fighter-for-japan-could-be-aided-by-a-cozy-relationship-between-lockheed-martin-rep-and-top-pentagon-official-for-east-asia/
Proposed stealth fighter for Japan could be aided by a cozy relationship between Lockheed Martin rep and top Pentagon official for East Asia
Assistant Secretary of Defense Randy Schriver has advocated for selling the export-banned F-22 to Japan since at least 2009.
Lockheed Martin is preparing to offer Japan a stealth fighter jet based on the F-22 Raptor design that is currently banned from being exported under U.S. law. The deal would have to be approved by the Trump administration, and observers are viewing the administration’s pending decision on the matter as a barometer on President Trump’s promise to streamline the country’s process for selling weapons to allies. But the fate of the deal could be impacted even more by the Pentagon’s top official for East Asia, who for nearly a decade has advocated for exporting the technology to Japan and has close ties to a Lockheed Martin sales coordinator in East Asia.
A special export exception for Lockheed and Japan?
Reuters reported in April that Lockheed Martin is preparing to offer a stealth fighter for sale to Japan, using a combination of components from the F-35 and the export-banned F-22. Such a fighter would likely use the F-22’s twin engine airframe, with upgraded electronics systems from the more recent F-35.
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미 동아시아지역 담당 국방부 차관보가 친일파라서 10년째 일본에 F-22수출을 주장중.
그래서 일본이 F-22수출금지조치 특별면제를 받을수 있음.
록히드가 이유없이 갑자기 일본에 현대화 개수형 F-22를 제안한 것이 아님.