United States - Japan Cooperation in Ballistic Missile Defense Development: Capabilities in Facing the Threat of Ballistic Missiles and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Japan and the BMDResearch about the possibility of Japan using the BMD system began in the 1980s.Dialogues concerning ballistic missile defense between the U.S. and Japan were initiated after the Security Defense Initiative (SDI) announcement in 1983 before the agreement for Japanese involvement in the SDI research was executed in 1987. 1 study regarding the initial cooperation between American and Japanese industrial Missile Defense Architecture Study (WESTPAC) was started in 1989. 2 ballistic missile attacks from 2000 until 2005.The study concluded that Pyongyang's 1