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Japan is looking to develop an engine for main battle tank in collaboration with Turkey 0701143.
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| Japan is looking to develop an engine for main battle tank in collaboration with Turkey. | |||
The
Japanese government is looking to ink a deal on a joint development of
tank engines with Turkey taking advantage of the easing of arms embargo
rules which started in 2011, this according to government sources close
to the issue on Saturday, January 4, 2013. Turkey is reportedly interested
in engine technology used in the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s
(GSDF) Type 10 tank, according to the same sources. |
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 The Type 10 is the latest generation of main battle tank in service with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s. |
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According to initial
plans, the joint engine development will be realized between a group
endorsed by the Turkish government and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.,
which has developed the engine of the state-of-the-art main battle tank.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on a three-day visit
in Tokyo starting today, and is expected to ink the deal with Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. This deal is now made possible under the 2011 proclamation of then-Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, allowing arms and military products to be jointly developed with other countries, on the condition that they obtain Japan’s approval in advance when exporting the technology to a third-party. Under the same rules, Japan and Britain reached an agreement in July last year to jointly develop defense equipment and. It has long been Japan’s policy not to export weapons to communist states, to countries that are subject to arms embargoes under U.N. resolutions, and to countries involved in international conflicts. |
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