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Japan and India have agreed to launch working-level talks soon to pave the way for exports of the Japanese amphibious rescue US2 aircraft, a government source said Saturday.
The two countries are expected to negotiate details, eyeing plans for Japan to give training to Indian pilots and allowing licensed production of the aircraft to develop India's air industry, the source added, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to push for the deal when he visits India in late January.
The US2 can land on oceans, even in 3-meter high waves, for rescue operations. Tokyo aims to make a pitch for the aircraft overseas as one of the main defense equipment to be allowed for exports at a time when Japan is reviewing its arms embargo under the so-called "three principles on arms exports."
Under Japan's arms export principles, weapons should not be exported to communist-bloc countries, countries subject to an arms embargo under U.N. Security Council resolutions, and countries involved in or likely to be involved in international conflicts.
It is still necessary to examine the deal, as the identification device installed in the aircraft to detect enemies could fall into the category of weapons under the three principles.
The outlook for Japan to land a deal with India, meanwhile, is uncertain given that Canada and Russia are also trying to sell their own small light airplanes, which are much cheaper than the 12 billion-yen US2.
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force plans to increase the number of US2s, which is developed by ShinMaywa Industries Ltd. based in Hyogo Prefecture and has a 4,500-kilometer flight range, to seven from the current five in the future.
Japan, India to launch working-level talks on exports of US2 rescue plane | GlobalPost
The two countries are expected to negotiate details, eyeing plans for Japan to give training to Indian pilots and allowing licensed production of the aircraft to develop India's air industry, the source added, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to push for the deal when he visits India in late January.
The US2 can land on oceans, even in 3-meter high waves, for rescue operations. Tokyo aims to make a pitch for the aircraft overseas as one of the main defense equipment to be allowed for exports at a time when Japan is reviewing its arms embargo under the so-called "three principles on arms exports."
Under Japan's arms export principles, weapons should not be exported to communist-bloc countries, countries subject to an arms embargo under U.N. Security Council resolutions, and countries involved in or likely to be involved in international conflicts.
It is still necessary to examine the deal, as the identification device installed in the aircraft to detect enemies could fall into the category of weapons under the three principles.
The outlook for Japan to land a deal with India, meanwhile, is uncertain given that Canada and Russia are also trying to sell their own small light airplanes, which are much cheaper than the 12 billion-yen US2.
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force plans to increase the number of US2s, which is developed by ShinMaywa Industries Ltd. based in Hyogo Prefecture and has a 4,500-kilometer flight range, to seven from the current five in the future.
Japan, India to launch working-level talks on exports of US2 rescue plane | GlobalPost
