The trials will pave the way for increased interoperability with our allies," the Defense Department's F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office told Newsweek in a statement.
Given its history, it's significant that Japan has come this far, and they have the capability now that looks like an aircraft carrier ... once it's reconfigured," Jeffrey Hornung, a political scientist specializing in Japanese security and foreign policy, told Time in 2019.
They're not [aircraft carriers]. They don't have any of the infrastructure for it to be deployed as such. They don't have the strike capability."
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