Japan and the F-22A

There have been several warnings and concerns regarding a possible sale of the F-22A to Japan. I oppose such a sale, the advantage the US holds with the F-22A is one not to be taken lightly, and represents the ace card in any potential conflict, assuming of coarse the Air Force can build enough for them to be relevant in combat.

This article should give pause to those who consider a F-22A sale to Japan a worthy adventure.

Civilian and military police have searched the homes and workplaces of Japanese navy officers and a destroyer in connection with leaked classified data on high-tech Aegis radar systems.

The defense ministry says the searches follow a series of investigations earlier this year into leaked intelligence on the missile defense system that Japan shares with the United States.

It declined to give details on the nature of the classified data.

The investigators searched the 4,650-tonne destroyer Shimakaze over the leaked secrets.

A scandal erupted earlier this year when Japanese naval officers were found to have leaked classified information about the Aegis radar system used on US and Japanese missile-defense capable ships.

Japan has pledged to improve its handling of defense data.

Japan has become a close friend of the US in the region, but they need to fix their security problems.