15 Nov, 2011
Eurofighter loses ground against F-35 in Japan contract race – Telegraph
Defence analysts monitoring the three-way dogfight for the multi-billion contract say Tokyo has been impressed with the stealth technology of the Lockheed Martin F-35, which will enable it to carry out clandestine monitoring of Chinese, North Korean and Russian military assets in the region.
It also remains indebted to Washington for the assistance the US military provided in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake.
“Even before March 11 there were many factors in favour of the F-35, but since then that national security relationship between the two governments has become much closer,” one analyst with knowledge of the bidding told The Daily Telegraph.
via Eurofighter loses ground against F-35 in Japan contract race – Telegraph.
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