Japan, Britain, Italy agree to set up fighter jet plan liaison body

The defense ministers of Japan, Britain and Italy on Thursday agreed to establish a coordinating body to proceed with their plan to jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet, a key step in putting the project into practice.Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and his British and Italian counterparts, Grant Shapps and Guido Crosetto, signed the treaty as they held talks in Tokyo to reaffirm the schedule for the warplane's deployment in 2035.The Global Combat Air Program fighter project was unveiled in December last year as the three countries face increasingly severe security challeng…READ FULL ARTICLE